Shame on me! Meaning to remind everyone to get out the pens, papers, word processors, and dictation machines – here it is nearly half-way into November and the first mention of NaNoWriMo!
For the unititiated (which is probably just about everyone…) the initials stand for National Novel Writing Month – it was started some years back as a way to encourage would-be writers to get something – anything – completed, at least as a first draft.
Last year, some 165-thousand folks gave it a shot. The idea is quantity, not quality. Writing a novel is an endeavor that can get endlessly bogged down in fine-tuning, editing, scrutinizing, and just plain micro-inspecting. The NoNoWriMo folks say “You will be writing a lot of crap,” but I think they mean it in a good way. When the month is over and the great American novel of yours is completed, you can go back and change a word here and there to de-crap it.
Believe me, it is never to late to start! You can still finish 175 pages by the end of November. They’ll even give you some starting ideas, at their website:
Crack the knuckles and get cracking on the writing!
Here is Sara McGrath’s take:
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