And you ask, what the heck is NaNoWriMo? Well, you can follow the link or read on!
NaNoWriMo is an online challenge. Writers commit to writing 50,000 words from November 1 to November 30. I’ve participated nearly every year since 2005—not that I’ve made it to the end. Some years, life got in the way or my book was shorter than 50k words, and I didn’t want to start something else. The point is to show up and WRITE!
NaNo is huge now! And international. They sell T-shirts and coffee mugs and host in-person write-ins. They maintain a message board where you can sign up and converse with like-minded authors. I don’t do any of that. I already bought the winners’ T-shirt–now I have to earn it. I have my NaNoWriMo page ready for me to update my daily progress. I have “buddies” I like to check in with, but not much, because November is always scary busy for me.
If any of you writers are planning to “NaNo” this year, be sure to update or sign up to start your page then let me know your buddy name. You can nag me. I’ll try to nag you. That’s how it works.
NaNo provided the pretty graphic to share. Wish I’d doodled it!
Anyways, that’s all I’m talking about today. I have edits, edits, edits to work on. Yeah, three sets. My day is full.
Everyone, have a wonderful day. Find something that gives you joy. I hope to reward myself with a little painting tonight. Out here! ~DD
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I’m trying to decide if I sign up or not?
I have travel and edits coming in November– but there is a Novus novel to write and that needs words and commitment.
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If you need a kick in the ass, join! For those days you’re out of pocket, if you can’t increase your wordcount ahead to be cover it, don’t sweat it. Show up when you can! Do what you can. And buy the T-shirt. đŸ™‚