November is National Novel Writing Month. I initially found out about this a couple of years ago, but never felt that I had the time to spend writing 50,000 words in 30 days.
This year though, having just returned from a relaxing holiday in the Caribbean and believing I had just enough spare time to do it, I thought I would bite the bullet and have a go.
The idea is to write 50,000 words in November to "win". The only prize is your own sense of self-achievement. Think "running a marathon" for lazy types who prefer to exercise their fingers. You have to just let the words come, with minimal editing. It isn't even all that important to have the plot lined up in advance (at least I hope it isn't, since I don't have a clue where mine is going).
So here I am on day 5, with 4,593 words under my belt. 45,407 to go.
Makes you wonder what the heck I am doing wasting time and words writing to you folks reading my blog! Get back to the novel Paul, time is ticking...
Anyway, it isn't too late to catch up - you can still get 50,000 words in if you start in the next day or so. Go on, challenge yourself...
