Desk stories

Thoughts from the November trenches

Novelists across the country replaced digital disconnect with tangible movation, breaking through the slumps and doubts to finish their first drafts.

10k-50K

words targeted

30

days of ink

100%

analog focus

Featured story

When day fourteen hit and the plot got tangled, reaching for the sticky notes instead of opening another browser tab saved my manuscript. I crossed the finish line with two days to spare.

Elena Vance, Novel November participant

Writer reflections

Built for each day of the 30-day challenge

“I tend to think a lot clearer when I have a pen in my hand. Plus paper has no apps to distract me.

Rachael Farrimond

“It helps me think, and there’s fewer distractions.” She adds that analogue tools makes it harder to drift off to blogs, webcomics, and YouTube.

Sarah Pennington

She found she could grab writing time away from her desk, where her computer tended to pull her in.

April Dávila

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