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November Spawned: a Novel Writing Handout (2006)

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Here's a handout put together for those attending the kick-off meeting in Birmingham for NaNoWriMo 2006. It's part planning tool, part keepsake, and part something to let me relax at the meet-ups, so I don't have to worry if I don't get through everything I'd like to say!

Anyone's free to download a copy, whether that's for NaNoWriMo or just for writing a novel at any time of the year, and even if they aren't from Birmingham.

With that in mind, we've also put together a region-free version, which leaves out the photographs of our brilliant Birmingham participants, references to local websites, and mentions of our local ML email address.

There are two versions of each. One is A4-sized, for printing out to make a magazine-sized thing. The other is also for printing to A4, but with two pages to a sheet, to create an A5 booklet.

In each case, print the odd pages first, then feed the paper back in and print the even ones in the appropriate order.

These are all pdfs. You can click on the links to open them within your browser, but it's usually more convenient to right click on them and save them to your hard drive, and then open them there.

Birmingham A4 version, for printing to A4 paper and then stapling at the left hand side.

Birmingham A5 booklet, for printing to A4 paper and then stapling in the middle.

Rest of the world A4 version, for printing to A4 paper and then stapling at the left hand side.

Rest of the World A5 booklet, for printing to A4 paper and then stapling in the middle.

Or take a look at the 2007 version, which has a few small tweaks for the better, such as improved timeline and character pages.