Camp Pep: 3 Writing Truths to Hold Close

Camp NaNoWriMo is nothing without you, our incredible participants. Today, Yamile Méndez, writer and NaNoWriMo participant, shares three important writing truths:

All my life I wanted to write a novel, but I didn’t know how. I didn’t know I was allowed. Then, one cold November afternoon, I came across a term that would change my life: NaNoWriMo. 

I didn’t know what the acronym stood for, so while my little kids napped, I looked it up. Although I had already lost almost a week, I opened a brand new document and started typing away the ghost of an idea slowly taking shape in my mind. That first NaNoWriMo I learned three important truths: