It’s a nonprofit that believes your story matters, and they host a global 30-day writing frenzy for the month of November. People from all over the world are focused on writing a 50,000 word first draft of a book.
It’s social networking event for writers worldwide.
Since writing is a solitary activity, the community aspect is amazing as well as thousands of people all working towards the same goal. I’ve signed up and participated in the past, but I’ve never won. I have always dropped out and given up before then.
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Years ago, I deleted a story because one person didn’t like it. (Fan fiction was a big part of my writing career in the beginning). They poked holes in the plot and didn’t like my main characters. Their feedback haunted me, and I felt awful when I tried to keep writing. I overthought it, and things spiraled around my introvert brain until I just — click-delete.
Bye-bye, story…
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An author asked me recently about not getting feedback on her newly released book. When I asked her what marketing she'd done, she said she hadn't done anything. I'm not sure exactly why she didn't do market it. You wouldn't open a new store in your town and not tell people about it in some way or another. The only brand that can release new content without marketing and make a billion dollars is Beyonce. The rest of us have to do a little more. There are a lot of factors that go into becoming a successful author. One way that separates success from failure is marketing.
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