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Author Jean Lauzier knows how tough it is to write on your own.

Today Lauzier chats about the new site and how it can help writers in the weeks before National Novel Writing Month.

Writing is a solitary endeavor and most writers tend to be those who enjoy that solitude.  However, as humans we need interaction with other humans.  Especially those who share the same passions as we do.

Let’s face it, our friends and family often don’t understand the obsession we have with words and putting them on the page.  Often they don’t approve either.  And while they read our writing and tell us it’s wonderful, they may be telling us what they think we want to hear.  Or, even though they are well read enough to know a good story, they don’t have the craft knowledge to help us improve our writing.

This is one of the many reasons we need to associate with other writers.  Only another write knows what it feels like to be awakened in the middle of the night, just having to get the pen and paper out or fire up the laptop.  Only another writer understands when you start talking about your characters as if they were real people.  And only another writer understands the frustrations that come along; the doubts, the highs when things go great and the lows when they don’t.  Only your writer friends understand the agony of rejection and the thrill of acceptance.

Each year,  many thousands of writers gather to write their novel during the month of November. for National Novel Writing Month.  And, a great many of them do finish.  However there are a greater number of those who don’t.  I’ve been in both groups and it’s much more fun to be in the group that finishes.

Being in the group that finishes with a novel is the reason I started the Let’s Write a Novel…Together blog.  And I want to share that journey with other writers.  But not only do I want a finished novel, I want a novel filled with promise.  I don’t want a novel that is filled with words just to get words on the pages.  I don’t want rambling pages of needless and boring description just to get the word count higher to get the little “winner” bar.

And that’s where Let’s Write a Novel…Together comes in.  This month we’ve been discussing some basic writing topics such as characters, POV, writer’s block and commitment.  Starting in October, we’ll be plotting our novels.  We’ll get serious about creating our characters and world.  We’ll brainstorm our plot and key scenes so when it comes time to write, we’ll have an idea of where we’re headed.  And during November, we’ll be your encouragement and support headquarters.

Writing a novel is a journey, an adventure and I invite each of you to join us.  It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner who thinks it’d be cool to try writing a novel or an experienced writer with several novels written.  Come, join us.  Let’s write a novel…together!