November is National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo)! The idea is to write a novel, or 50,000 words of the novel in a month. Depending on the type of novel you are writing 50,000 words may be the whole thing, but if not, it’s a damn good start. Cathi and I have decided to participate in this challenging event and keep you updated on our progress through blogs and a podcast we are going to be starting soon. Hopefully some of you writers in the Game of Books (GOB) audience will join us. Anyway, that will all be happening a month from now … so now is the time to start preparing!
Although they call it a contest and winners (those who complete 50,000 words) receive a certificate and some prizes (discounts on writing tools mostly), I think of it more as a personal challenge with support. Anyone who registers on the website gets all kinds of motivational information and access to forums with other Nanowrimo writers (affectionately called Wrimos). The idea is to start with the first word of your novel on November 1st then write 50,000 words by November 30th. That figures out to 1,666 words a day! Hard but not impossible, especially if I really prepare. That’s why the preparation needs to start now! On the writing end, I will gather as many notes, outlines and research I can for my novel idea – that’s allowed and encouraged, just no actual writing until the contest starts. Other preparation I plan on doing is getting my other obligations as automatic as possible since I will need all my focus on the writing. Maybe I’ll even make my Thanksgiving shopping list in October! And I’m even going to work on diet and exercise this month so that I am in top form for the energy it will require to do all that writing.
This week I will finish getting the blog site looking the best it can and working on the social media aspect so that we can stay in touch with all you GOB followers while we are intensively writing our novels. Our new Facebook Group Writers and Publication Discussion Group – Game of Books is a great way for all of us to communicate so please join and post your ideas or questions for GOB. Can’t wait to hear from you!
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