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Next month is NaNoWriMo time!

That means National Novel Writing Month. That means, in November, try and write a novel (50,000 words) minimum during that month. It’s a challenge with its own reward–a 50,000(+) word novel!

Anyway, I am thinking of doing this. Otherwise, I may stay in this editing loop that has got me mired. (Not a wholly unpleasant place to be. I’m learning lots and I like to learn.) I’ve written new scenes for the works that are supposed to ‘complete’ and I keep tinkering with. That means I keep ignoring the new story idea that’s been pestering me for over six months. Now given, I have learned a lot in the past while and it has been important for me to focus on fixing and improving and not just writing more junk with the same old errors and distracting myself from honing the new skills I’ve been learning. But now, it’s back-on-the-horse time with a great excuse to keep me focused and motivated and goal-oriented.

Let’s see…November has 30 days. If I wrote every day, that would be how many words a day? 1666 words per day. Wow, that’s quite a few. I know I can do it though. And you are allowed to do character profiling beforehand and have an outline (if say, you were the type of writer interested in that)–just no story words down on that screen! Which means that I might need this:

This and a whole lot of take-out.

In fact, the book I am reading for my book club, Water For Elephants, was written as a NaNoWriMo challenge. Cool, eh?

Interesting stats: In 2007 there were over 100,000 participants, with over 15,000 of those folks finishing with a 50,000 word or more novel. This year, I will be one of them. Oh yes, I shall! Want to join me? I promise to email you motivational pep talks!

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