November Novelist
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I’ve joined NaNoWriMo and will be writing a novel this month (NaNoWriMo is a “contest” where you try to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and November 30). I almost tried it a couple of years ago but didn’t go through with it. This year I’m going to win!
Normally I wouldn’t mention this kind of thing on the off chance that I fail miserably, but one of the tips from the site is:
“Tell everyone you know that you’re writing a novel in November. This will pay big dividends in Week Two, when the only thing keeping you from quitting is the fear of looking pathetic in front of all the people who’ve had to hear about your novel.”
So yeah, I’m going to write the most awesome novel you’ve ever seen! It’ll be the best thing ever!
I only signed up on the 4th, so I’m a few days behind the curve. As of now I have 26 days to work with. That is an average of 1,923 words per day. That sounds like a lot! But if we assume I typed at the incredibly slow rate of 50 words per minute, that translates into about 38 minutes of writing a day. Piece of cake!
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