A couple days ago I curiously watched as one of my fellow tweeters, Benjaminsolah, seemed a little on edge “@NaNoWriMo Ahhh, can’t wait!” and was clearly excited “Waiting for @NaNoWriMo relaunch still”, ” Jumping up and down like crazy” and ” Want! http://bit.ly/59y80 #nanowrimo. ”
I followed the link see what all the commotion was about. I think I now understand his excitement. Check out his blog post regarding NaNoWriMo too. NaNoWriMo is a public commitment to write a 50,000 word novel within one month. That’s a 175 page novel! Yep, that’s right, within a month. The aim is for quantity and not quality. Now you might think this is a disaster waiting to happen. But the philosophy behind NaNoWriMo is to get the creative juices flowing and not to hinder them in anyway. No worries about grammar, plot, character development and etc …. just pull the stopper until there’s nothing left in the tank.
They reckon that in order to meet the 50,000 word goal, you need to write at least 1,666 word each and every night … even those nights that by the time you get back home they are not really nights anymore.
So, I’m gonna take the challenge and try and bang out that novel about Redneck Buddha that’s been pinging around in my skull for the past 5-6 years. If you decide to do the same, find me and befriend me on the NaNoWriMo site!
Until 1 November, I’ll be pondering …
Glad to see I inspired someone to join. I usually recruit a few people to the noveling cause each year, so perhaps that gives me good karma for November or something.
Glad to see I inspired someone to join. I usually recruit a few people to the noveling cause each year, so perhaps that gives me good karma for November or something.
I can only recommend NaNoWriMo to everybody who likes writing! I took part last year (succesfully) and am going to take part this year, too.
sounds really good for people who like to write, im not much of one myself but props to those you you who are. i do enjoy reading so i would benefit from that end i guess. hehe
sounds really good for people who like to write, im not much of one myself but props to those you you who are. i do enjoy reading so i would benefit from that end i guess. hehe