November is here folks, and it brings with it several traditions and holidays. Cooler weather, multi-colored trees, thanksgiving, day after thanksgiving sales, and of course...NaNoWriMo.
-clears throat- Um, excuse me? Kayla? What was that last one?
NaNoWriMo...don't tell me you've never heard of NaNoWriMo, imaginary person I'm using as a tool to launch into an explanation!
NaNoWriMo stands, quiet clearly, for National Writing Month. And November is the month that gets this title. November is the month that all writers everywhere will love and dread all at the same time. You see, in honor of this month, a tradition has been created. Ambitious and crazy writers everywhere lock themselves in there room from November 1st to November 30Th, and attempt to write a 50,000 word novel. That's right, a novel. Not a short story, not an essay. A novel. With character development, a plot, a climax, and maybe even a twist ending.
The point is, you're writing something. Something that has come from your brain. Something that you created and thought about and made happen. Now, I know what you're thinking. "A good novel can not be written in a month!" And you're right, probably not. But that's not the point. The point isn't to write a perfect novel, something that can be published right after. The point is to motivate you to actually DO it. If you've ever, even remotely, thought about writing a novel then you know how easy it is to talk yourself out of it.
Oh, I'm too busy.
I have a job.
Lost is REALLY good this season, I wouldn't want to miss that.
But with this, you have inspiration. From where? The thousands of other people who are doing this right a long with you. You've got support from fellow writers, and you can even look up writers that are in your area. Grab your pom poms, get together, and cheer each other on. If that's not appealing to you, I don't really know what would be.
It's about quantity, not quality. Because...quality can come out of quantity. Save the editing and re-writing for December. Just go for it. Hunker down, turn your stereo all the way up and start writing. Ready. Set. CREATE!
Where can I sign up/learn more?
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/whatisnano
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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