Nanowrimo and inspiring and writing Sue Campbell on 23 Oct 2009 07:27 pm
Nanowrimo. Are you in?
So November is just around the corner. It’s Nanowrimo time! National Novel Writing Month, when against the odds, people write 50,000 words in one month to create a novel length work. From scratch. Fifty thousand words in 30 days equals 1600 words a day. In addition to whatever writing your day job might require, plus Thanksgiving, and Christmas/Chaunukah/Kwanza/RamaDama-ding-dong or whatever holiday preparations you’d normally be doing, and just living. Add 1600 original words thunk up by you to that month. Crazy. I think that people who sign on are the same people whose grandmas’ accused them of having “eyes-bigger-than-their-tummies”.
I won’t be signing up, again, this year. I can’t make that kind of commitment. I think November if just too hard, but then when I think about adding that kind of pressure to any month, and I can’t see doing it anytime. Writing is something I do for fun when I have the time. This would make it like a job, and an unpaid one at that. But a part of me wants to do it, every year. ETA: I changed my mind, and signed up after all. I’m not going to worry much about “winning”. But how can I fully appreciate the accomplishments of you Nano-ers, if I don’t give it shot myself?
I admire those of you who can and do enter, win, or just give it good hard try. Kudos, and huzzah for you! I respect that and in recognition of that kind of effort I’m going to host a contest too! Check back here in another day or two, for details. There will be prizes!
