Chris Baty

Author of No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days

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About the Author

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Works by Chris Baty

The No Plot? No Problem! Novel-Writing Kit (2006) 135 copies, 1 review

The NaNoLand Chronicles: Bedtime Stories of Wrimos 3 copies, 1 review

Ecrivez un roman en 30 jours (2014) 2 copies

Frolic: sex issue 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1973
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: San Francisco, California, USA
Oakland, California, USA
Occupations: Founder of National Novel Writing Month
Board Member Emeritus for NaNoWriMo
Teacher at Stanford University's Writer's Studio
Organizations: NaNoWriMo
Short biography: "Chris Baty accidentally founded National Novel Writing Month in 1999, and oversaw the event's growth from 21 friends to more than 300,000 writers in 90 countries. Chris now serves as a Board Member Emeritus for NaNoWriMo, and spends his days wrangling words at Figma, teaching classes at Stanford University's Writer's Studio, and endlessly revising his own novels. He's the author of No Plot? No Problem! and the co-author of Ready, Set, Novel. His quest for the perfect cup of coffee is ongoing, and will likely kill him someday."- "Chris Baty". 2021. Chris Baty. https://www.chrisbaty.com/.

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No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity… by Chris Baty

Lots of great tips for NaNoWriMo! This will be my third year of participating and my third book!

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SeaGirlReads | 59 other reviews | Oct 25, 2024 |

No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-stress, High-velocity… by Chris Baty

This is a fun book if you're participating in NaNoWriMo, but it hasn't got much more to offer than writing peptalks and NaNo in-jokes. Contains plenty of humor.

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jd7h | 59 other reviews | Feb 18, 2024 |

No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity… by Chris Baty

Just do it! Write!

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zot79 | 59 other reviews | Aug 20, 2023 |

No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity… by Chris Baty

This is a guide for doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month,) and for what it is, it's very good! I got some great insights from it that I look forward to using this year. Wish I'd read it before I attempted NaNoWriMo the first time, to be honest. If you're looking for a more general guide to novel writing though, this is not the book for you.

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veewren | 59 other reviews | Jul 12, 2023 |

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