NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month: http://www.nanowrimo.org
Well, it’s official. I’ve signed up for this madness. Starting on November 1st, I will attempt to write at least 50,000 words of a novel over the course of the following 30 days. If you figure that one page has about 250 words, that works out to about 6-7 pages each day, which doesn’t seem quite as intimidating. I have an idea and rough outline in mind, and strangely enough it’s not going to be of the science fiction or fantasy bent, but a bit more true to life. It’ll still be fiction, but will be set in current times, and be about a very real-world issue for this particular character. Right now I’m leaning towards writing it in first person, even though I know that will bring the inevitable ‘is this about you?’ questions. We’ll see. It will be an interesting exercise, in many ways.
I’ll be posting word count updates on the NaNoWriMo site, so if you’d like to track my progress (and possibly chivvy me along occasionally) you can do so here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/522485
Any one else out there onboard for this crazy ride?