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Monday, November 1, 2010

Day 1: NaNoWriMo

How to enjoy a successful NaNoWriMoImage by nuanc via Flickr
It's November first. You know what that means, don't you? Let me join the legions of blogs today about National Novel Writing Month and how us writer peeps are challenging ourselves to churn out 50,000 words by November 30th. Who qualifies? Everybody. You are a writer if you write. Period. (No publishing experience necessary - in fact, it's probably better.) I think that we all owe at the very least a perfunctory nod to Anne LaMott who writes about the importance of the "the shitty first draft" in her Writer's Handbook, Bird by Bird. (It's a handbook for me at any rate.)

The goal is quantity and not necessarily quality, a difficult thing for people so enamored of words.  We have to blindly jump in, and be fearless in our "shittiness".  I have never done this before, but have always been intrigued. Last year I signed up, but then was too worried about taking too much time away from my WIP. This year, I need a break from two WIP's and I also need the freedom to write something completely different as I wait for EDGES to be released into the world. I've always wanted to write fantasy, so why not use this month long event as an excuse to try, to take a risk?

Thank you, NaNoWriMo: my challenge is to write 50,000 words of a fantasy, or something fantastical at the very least. My husband gave me a prompt last night, so I put down the first half of a sentence in Scrivener to await me in the morning . . . and what fun I had! This was what I needed, to feel the thrill of the creative ride again.

Although right now I am frustrated, because I want to log my word count onto my profile page on the website, but it's not loading. So I'm forced to kvetch about that here and brag about the 2500 words I managed to bang out on my laptop this morning. If I can write 2500 words a day for 20 days, then I'm golden - my kids will still have a mother on the weekends! All joking aside, even if I'm only able to log in 25000 words it will be an accomplishment, because it will be a different genre. Whether it's any good is another question, but THAT'S NOT THE POINT! The point is that I'm doing it. Who's with me? (And is anybody else having problems with the website?)
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  1. ErachetNovember 1, 2010 at 6:12 PM

    I've never done NaNoWriMo, but maybe I should try it...

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  2. Alison TreatNovember 2, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    I've thought about it too, but haven't done it yet. So much to do this month, but maybe. Is it too late to start? I will have to check those links.

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  3. Léna RoyNovember 2, 2010 at 9:18 PM

    Try, try! It's not too late! Don't worry too much about the word count - just feel the collective mojo of all of those other writers out there!

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  4. Carrie DalbyNovember 3, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Never attempted this challenge. I do the WFMAD (Write Fifteen Minutes a Day) that Laurie Halse Anderson hosts once a year.
    My goal for November is just get back into the groove and finish the first draft of this WIP.

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