Currently Reading: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
That’s right! It’s November once again and I’m ready to take on another monthly challenge:
Nine New November Novel
‘Ntries 2013
For those who don’t know, this personal writing challenge
stems from another national writing challenge. November is National Novel
Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative
writing,” according to its website (created by the
non-profit of the same name). Since apparently all writers suffer from
procrastination-itis, aspiring authors are encouraged to treat this 11th month
as their 11th hour, writing 50,000 words of their own novels by the month’s
end. NaNoWriMo further motivates participants with a guarantee of a “Winner”
badge for all who achieve the target word count in the allotted time. As the
site says, “Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is
for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.”
You can find out more about NaNoWriMo through the link above.
When I discovered NaNoWriMo last year, I was inspired and decided to channel my writing energies into
this blog instead of a novel. I considered it a wildly successful experiment as
I not only completed the goal of writing nine new blog posts by the end of
November, but I didn’t post them all during that last week! Take that
procrastination! Plus it was a good way to catch up my blog with my reading, as
I tend to fall behind with my corresponding posts and I refuse to skip over any
book that’s on my reading list.
So I’ve decided to start the race again and will attempt to
write nine new entries (including this one) by month’s end!
Admittedly, I’m much more nervous about this project this
year as I have significantly less free time. With a full time job, two weekend
trips out of state, Thanksgiving, and a scuba diving trip, my November is
pretty spoken for. However, I’m determined to keep this blog – and writing – a priority.
So….
LET’S DO THIS THING!!!!
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