I've always wanted to really sit down and write something. I've had an idea for a novel or a series of novels for probably ten or fifteen years, and I've written bits and pieces down, but I've never really sat down and just tried to write it from beginning to end. I heard about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which, according to the website is:
a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.
The girlfriend thought it was a great idea. So I started. With a focus on output, rather than quality, I think I wrote a ton of crap. Like really, a lot of crap. But some of it seemed pretty okay as I was writing it. Maybe even better than okay. And, while the writing part of the novel is not done, I did manage to write 50,709 words so far this month. Not too shabby, especially considering the fact that I missed two days over Thanksgiving. I'm hoping I can keep the writing up until I come to the end of this story (or at least, the beginning of the next one).
Anyway, I "won", so here's my winner's badge. :)
