NaNoWriMo 2009 Kicks Off
The idea behind the NaNoWriMo project is to write a 50 000 word novel in 30 days, in the time from November 1 to November 30. It sounds scary, I know and it is supposed to be. But it also meant to help you get to writing that novel that you have only been mulling over in your head and always putting off starting to write for various reasons, some better than others.
But who am I to talk, really? I have no idea how easy/hard/fun/dreadful it is to attempt to write a novel from scratch in the space of thirty days, as this year will be the first time for me. I have, however, calculated that you only need to put in 1700 words a day, starting yesterday, and you will have a 50 000 word winning novel at the end of the 30 days of the challenge.
A winner of NaNoWriMo is anyone who manages to write a 50 000 word novel in 30 days. At the end of the month you have to upload your creation so they can validate the word count and then it is time for some prizes. The best prize this year is most certainly the free proof copy for Amazon’s Create Space that all winners will receive, and even if you don’t plan on taking your book down the self-publishing route it is still nice to see your name on a cover of a book.
In short, since you should all go and check out the site for yourselves now, I would just like to say I strongly encourage all of you to take part in this event as it is, in my opinion, a great way to free up your writing and thereby take it to the next level. And the challenge is open to everyone, from anywhere, so it should really be called the International Novel Writing Month, but somehow it is not.
Stay Creative!
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