Bonus. NaNoWriMo 2017: Don’t be a Perfectionist & Other Advice for Young Writers Participating in National Novel Writing Month | with Millie Florence
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Millie Florence is an enthusiastic homeschooler and a published author – and she’s only 13-years-old! Her debut novel, Honey Butter, was published in August 2017, and she’s currently working on two more books: a collection of poems and a fantasy novel. She shares how NaNoWriMo changed her life, and offers her own tips for young writers.
We are hosting a Brave Writer classroom for all of the young people who want to write as part of NaNoWriMo, and you can sign up your kids for FREE!
- Visit the Young Writers Program and sign up for an account.
- You will be prompted to join a classroom by entering a code. Our classroom code is: CKXQFLWR
- Our classroom name is NaNoWriMo for Brave Writers!
You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/
Resources:
- You can download Free Writing Lessons here: http://go.bravewriter.com/free-writing-lessons
- Learn more at MillieFlorence.com
- Read Honey Butter
- TeenAuthorsJournal.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to season three of the podcast A Brave Writers Life in Brief. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Julie Bogart, your host. |
| 0:10.6 | You can tell so much about someone by what they write because writing really reflects who you are. |
| 0:19.0 | There's actually a Latin phrase. I'm learning Latin with whom I'm saying, |
| 0:25.0 | Decendo Descregando Kajito, which means I learn by teaching and think by writing. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome to this bonus episode of season three of the podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | It's November, National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as Nanorimo. |
| 0:46.0 | Adults everywhere are scribbling words to write the Great American Novel. |
| 0:51.0 | And several years ago, |
| 0:53.0 | Nanohrimo realized that young people wanted the same opportunity. |
| 0:58.0 | Today, we are hosting a brave writer classroom |
| 1:02.0 | for all those young people who want to write. |
| 1:04.8 | You can sign up your kids for free by going to our blog, clicking on the link, and entering |
| 1:10.6 | the code that takes you there. |
| 1:12.8 | You can find the link in the show notes. |
| 1:15.2 | Today's episode then features a brave writer student |
| 1:19.4 | who wrote a novel in a month last year during Nanorimo and has since published it. She is a |
| 1:25.8 | delightful interview and has so much good advice for teens and young people who are |
| 1:31.6 | writers. I highly recommend that you listen to this |
| 1:35.1 | interview with your kids. It could give them the inspiration they need to kick |
| 1:40.2 | off a lifelong habit and love of writing. |
| 1:43.6 | Today's special guest is Millie Florence, an enthusiastic and extraordinary homeschooler who is already a |
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