Because I write
very detailed outlines, I am not the kind of writer who usually gets stuck in
the middle of plots, but am I a slow writer, so signing up for the National Novel
Writing Month never occurred to me. I have known several writers who’ve signed
up and completed 50,000 words in past years. Writing 1,666 words every day for 30
days straight sounds easy, but I have my doubts.
I was chatting
with my friend, Sue, this morning. She has signed up for Nano and encouraged me
to try it. Maybe it’s the nudge I need to get me back into the flow of writing
daily. Let's face it, I need more than a nudge. A kick in the pants, perhaps.
During the
summer, I stopped writing my current novel to edit a completed novel that I had
evaluated by an editor and now I need to get back into my unfinished novel.
Will I be inspired to write
50,000 words in 30 days? Well, that's the plan. I have about 125 pages written so far and, of
course, another 50,000 words won’t be enough to finish the novel, but I hope it
inspires me to keep going.
That seems to
be the point of NaNoWriMo. Get writing, keep writing and share your experience
with thousands of other writers.
