NaNoWriMo – 50 000 words in November

November 9, 2007

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Most of you will be familiar with MOvember, where all sorts of people grow awkward, patchy or ill fitting MOs to raise awareness for men’s health issues. But NaNoWriMo is an online community of writers all striving for 50 000 words of a fiction novel in November.

I am completely aware of that this is an ambitious task, giving I have my proofreading exam on Tuesday so I am not really going to get into writing until then. But, I have never backed away from a challenge yet. The key for me is the focus on quantity, rather than quality. I have removed my self-conciousness and began tapping away on the keyboard already. (I know I shouldn’t have started until school was over, but I couldn’t resist!)

Anyway, place a marker in your electronic calendar for next year. Go NaNoWriMo!