NaNo WHAT?

Some call it torture. Some call it mental suicide. I prefer the term..... writing exercise. What am I talking about? Why, NaNoWriMo, of course!

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo is in November, and it is a writing exercise for quantity, not quality. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. This task seems near impossible to many writers, and some may claim that any participants are not completely mentally stable. I have chosen to participate this year.


I participated last year, and failed, only reaching 40,000 words. This year, I took the time to do the math of the situation, and found that 50,000 divided by 30 is about 1,667 words a day. If I can manage to write that many words a day, I will have completed the NaNoWriMo challenge. This post is to spread the word to other writers who wish to join me and the thousands of others all over the world who are attempting this treacherous journey. Please know that if you do wish to participate, you are putting your social life on the line. Chances are, if you're really wishing to succeed, you won't be doing much after school.But, that is the price that we writers pay. There are exactly 31 days until NaNoWriMo, and I will be keeping a word count on my blog. Good luck to any fellow writers out there, and remember, QUANTITY. NOT QUALITY. 

(p.s. When in doubt, add a character who stutters!)



(also, become my writing buddy and keep track of others' progress here. My username is dancinerd. Be my buddy!)

~Megan