External Motivators On, Ready to Launch!


Alright, just a few more days to go! Now is the time to make sure you've got your external motivations ready! (Your rewards, I mean.) If you've never done Nanowrimo before, I suggest getting like ten smallish things that are reserved for each 5k word count. Stickers, your favorite candybar, $5 towards your favorite shop, a fancy new phone case, or something that makes you happy. Just remember to set these aside somewhere and save them for each 5k word count. (So, 5k, 10k, 15k, and so on.)

Other external motivators include your friends and family! Tell people you're doing Nanowrimo! Make sure you also connect with people on nanowrimo.org who're in your area, so that you don't ever feel you're alone. Also, reach out to me!! Please, please do! I'm on the social medias and available through email, so please reach out if you need anything. 

**This is why I'm blogging and making videos for Nano. I like cheerleading people on!! The link for my YouTube Nanowrimo vlogs will be below.**

Once you've set up the during-Nano rewards, consider choosing a grand prize for writing 50k! Nanowrimo has official winner's t-shirts on their website, and proceeds from their merch also go to them creating and facilitating workshops to help young writers, host spaces for people to write together, and promote literacy everywhere. I want to schedule a massage for myself, for the end of the month, because I know that even if I finish before Nov 30th, I'm gonna keep writing until the last minute. 

Whatever you choose for your grand prize, make sure it's something you really, really want, and can't have until you hit your goal, or finish the month.

Link for my video series: https://buff.ly/2ZhxTVo


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