July 1st 2025
For those of you who had not heard of it NaNoWrMo, National Novel Writing Month was a pretty popular online trend. Those who participated in it tasked themselves with writing a complete novel during the month of November. I never participated in it because of course it was during the school year when I had already given up such things as cleaning the house and making my own food. The NaNoWrMo website and participation had a pretty good run of it, several best sellers were produced, and a lot of complete shit, but a lot of people finished novels that had been percolating for years. It is however now defunct, problems with AI and funding etc.
However the idea itself had some merit. Let go of your inner critic, stop crumpling up draft after draft in frustration and just do it. Stop thinking "I am a Writer, and just be a writer" because a writer writes, not sits around thinking of good ideas and then abandoning them out of fear.
So here goes. I am going to devote July to writing my novel. I start today, attempting to write 1667 words every day for a month. This blog has been a good whistle whetter, and I am hoping that I can do this. Wish me luck. You may not be seeing me here as often for about 30 days.
-Christine
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