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NaNoWriMo on Fable

Hayley DenningsNov 11 2024

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has officially begun! Each year, the organization hosts an annual creative writing event in which participants attempt to write 50,000 words, or a full manuscript during the month of November.Many people, however, are choosing to part ways with the organization and find new communities to write with. Writers all around prepare to write in November, even if it's not for the program. If you do not wish to participate with the official NaNoWriMo organization, there is space for you here on Fable with my weekly writing party!I will be checking in every Friday this month to talk about writing, whether it's about writing advice, craft book recommendations, or tips on getting your daily word count done. For today, I’d love to know if you will be participating in writing a novel this month and what you’re going to be working on. Let’s build our own writing community on Fable, where you can come for advice, accountability partners, and craft tips. Tell me about your work in progress on the Fable home feed and what your goal for this month is! Maybe you’ll find some new writing buddies.

Books about writing on Fable

We've rounded up some great books about writing to help you during this month.

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

By Jessica Brody

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.

Bird by Bird

By Anne Lamott

An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

On Writing Well

By William Zinsser

Whether you want to write about people or places, science, technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher.

About Writing

By Samuel R. Delany

Delany has taught writers workshops for over 35 years, and has won the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature. He has been recognized with Hugo and Nebula awards.

A Stranger's Journey

By David Mura

Mura is a memoirist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He has written many books including a novel and memoirs.

Free Within Ourselves

By Jewell Parker Rhodes

A Bird by Bird for the African-American market--A top-notch writer's guide filled with practical guidance, essays, and journal exercises for the African-American writer including advice from E.Lynn Harris, Charles Johnson, and Yolanda Joe.

Writing Down the Bones

By Natalie Goldberg

For more than thirty years Goldberg has challenged and cheered on writers with her books and workshops. In her first book, she combines Zen meditation and writing. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice.

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

By Ursula K. Le Guin

In a series of interviews with David Naimon (Between the Covers), Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction respectively. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for writers of every level.

Keep reading on Fable

The Fable app is built for social reading, with tools for sharing highlights, comments, insights, links, pictures, and videos as you set measurable reading goals.We also make it easy to launch your free book club, even if you are reading an audiobook. With our platform, you can host every aspect of an online discussion at a single destination to reach readers and build safe online communities regardless of location or time zone.

Hayley Dennings is a queer, Black woman from the Bay Area in California. While finishing her French and English undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, she also spends time on her YouTube channel, Pages of Hayley, where she discusses books and writing with over 45,000 subscribers. Because of reading, Hayley learns about experiences other than her own and gains empathy for those around her. Seeing people like her represented in books encouraged her to write her own books and pursue publishing. When Hayley is not working, she is spending time with her three dogs and baking.