It’s that time of year again!
Time for the 30 days of torturous fun known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
If you’ve never participated, you’re missing out on a great opportunity to develop (and stick with) a writing schedule. The idea is to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days, no matter what. Talk about a great exercise in self-discipline!
Unfortunately, my schedule wasn’t forgiving enough to let me participate in 2009, but I think I’m going to give it a go this year. I was amazed at how effective it was—I actually looked forward to sitting down and writing every day. The nice thing is that the whole idea is to just write…not “edit as you go”, but simply get words on the page. The editing can come in December, as they say.
So are you up for the challenge? The fun starts today, November 1, so make the commitment and sign up at www.nanowrimo.org.
Hello,
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Best of luck!
Nicola
Good luck Sara! I would love to do it, but I'll be waiting for 2011. I'm making a push to finish the third draft of my WIP this month instead. I know you'll be busy this month, but I hope you keep us readers posted on your progress!
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