On today's episode, Jill and Adam dive into National Novel Writing Month, how they're approaching this monumental task, and offer up loads of books to help you get through #NaNoWriMo. Need help? We've got your back.  Below you'll find the books mentioned in this episode broken out by what you might need help with for your writing journey.   General guides for writing Writing Radar by Jack Gantos Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott On Writing by Stephen King How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson   On setting and changing expectations through your narrator The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie   -Figuring out your pacing-   If you're novel takes place in a short amount of time The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds   If your novel is a sweeping saga Pachinko by Min Jin Lee A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan   If your novel has multiple timelines The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi   If you need help with how you're using language The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway   If you need help with character development Uprooted by Naomi Novik Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Devil in White City by Erik Larson Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer