I've not talked about it much, if at all, here on my blog, but I'm an editor and ghost writer for a well-known public figure and a New York Times bestselling author. Since my day job is spent writing and editing for him, the last thing I want to do when I get home in the evening is—you guessed it—turn on the computer and write/edit some more.
Hence the reason all the books I want to write (and blog entries I want to post) are still locked tight in my imagination.
But no more!
I have picked up the gauntlet and have signed up for the 2011 NaNoWriMo—also known as the National Novel Writing Month.
Now believe me when I tell you ... it sounds a lot simpler than it is.
So let me lay it out for you:
The Cast of Characters
Myself and over 200,000 writers and authors worldwide
Myself and over 200,000 writers and authors worldwide
The Location
Coffee shops, libraries, museums, restaurants,
homes, and anywhere you can write around the world
Coffee shops, libraries, museums, restaurants,
homes, and anywhere you can write around the world
The Challenge
To write 50,000 words of a new novel between
November 1st and November 30th
It's certainly not for the faint of heart. High school students, stay at home moms, business professionals, and writers from every walk and stage of life join well-known published authors to participate in the annual, Internet-based creative writing project that in 2010 alone culminated with more than 2.8 billion words written.
That's impressive, no matter what your vantage point.
So I will attempt in the next 26 days to finish my first novel—or reach 50,000 words—whichever comes first. I will push through the paralyzing writer's block that will inevitably come to shrug off those paragraphs that are nothing but junk and consume more coffee than imaginable. I'll join fellow writers in my region for write-ins, taking part daily across the world in airports, elementary schools, college campuses, and cozy coffee houses, helping encourage one another toward the finish line ...
and hopefully taking hold of an almost insurmountable literary goal.
And I'm planning to do it ... 1,667 words at a time.
I've already got 5,028 in the can.
Only 44,972 to go.
Wish me luck!
To write 50,000 words of a new novel between
November 1st and November 30th
It's certainly not for the faint of heart. High school students, stay at home moms, business professionals, and writers from every walk and stage of life join well-known published authors to participate in the annual, Internet-based creative writing project that in 2010 alone culminated with more than 2.8 billion words written.
That's impressive, no matter what your vantage point.
So I will attempt in the next 26 days to finish my first novel—or reach 50,000 words—whichever comes first. I will push through the paralyzing writer's block that will inevitably come to shrug off those paragraphs that are nothing but junk and consume more coffee than imaginable. I'll join fellow writers in my region for write-ins, taking part daily across the world in airports, elementary schools, college campuses, and cozy coffee houses, helping encourage one another toward the finish line ...
and hopefully taking hold of an almost insurmountable literary goal.
And I'm planning to do it ... 1,667 words at a time.
I've already got 5,028 in the can.
Only 44,972 to go.
Wish me luck!
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