first Tam challenged me to do the National Novel Writing Month thing. 50,000 words in the month of November. then non-chiliwinker damon asked me if i was gonna. and now, now, even the evil munchkin has asked me. i dunno though. a novel? i can barely make it through a short story with a single plot. how on earth could i do a novel?
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“In 2003, we had about 25,000 participants. Over 3500 of them crossed the 50k finish line by the midnight deadline”
What a bunch of quitters there were! Get on there and show them how it’s done. If anyone can do it, it’s you.
The key is to make sure the novel sucks.
I’ve attempted NaNoWrMo twice, and I’ll be doing it again this year. I’ve yet to succeed, and I probably won’t this time, but it’s still fun. It’s an excellent way to turn off the internal editor and just get words on the page.
C’mon! Join us!
i have also tried it for the past 2 years, but haven’t made it through yet. it’s kinda fun, though! you can write crap and it’s ok, ’cause you edit later!
and i’ll be there again this year, too.
c’mon, do it!
Dear Mizz Jodi, I have been saying you can do it for YEARS and YEARS of reading your site.
You SO can. Like, almost to the point that it’s not even funny. You rock and you can and you should.
Someone smart (maybe Thomas Jefferson) said, “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the right answer.”
And you definitely know the right answer to this one.
YES YES YES!
It will suck, no doubt. Actually, no. It’s written by you, and you are incapable of “suck.”
It will stink.
There, that’s better.
But still. You’ll learn so much and it’ll be fun.
So now there are 4 votes yes. It’s uni-nani-mouse! SO YOU HAVE TO!
Oh please! I might be inspired to finish this year if I know you are working along with me. This is my fourth try, and I really want to make it this time.
I’ll give it a shot if you will.
But just once.
Jodi, I could be talked into trying it, if I am not the only one. Let’s do it! I’ll show my writing group, too.
Ugh. I tried to do that last year and I was a miserable failure.
Did you not read my attempt last year? It was TERRIBLE! LAUGHABLE, even!
Hey, it may suck, but at least I got 50,000 words strung along in some sort of story-type thing. I’ve never done that before. That alone makes me feel good.
I like feeling good. Writing something better this year will be even… better? (Yeah. I suck.)