I’m writing a what?

Posted by Jul on 1 November 2006

I know, I know – I owe you a whole lot of Japan posts and pictures. They’re coming, I promise.

Along with 60,000 people (of varying degrees of sanity) around the globe, I am attempting to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November as part of National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for short).

I don’t have a particularly good excuse for this behavior… it just sounded like a fun and challenging task to try out. I didn’t have a clue what I was going to write about until yesterday. I still have no idea how the novel is going to end.

I was so excited to start (no starting before November 1st!) that I woke up extra-early this morning (ok, this was mostly due to my lingering jet lag) to get writing. With an average of 1,667 words to write per day to reach my goal, I will be spending a lot of time at the computer this month. Hopefully not so much that I completely miss out on fall (my second-favorite season), but we’ll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

Tags: temporary insanity, writing

Comments (5)

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  Jul

  November 2nd, 2006

  PS – my word count for day one was 2,800. Off to a good start!

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  Jill Nachtman

  November 2nd, 2006

  Way to go Juls – that’s an awesome goal. Watch out for the carpal tunnel!

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  Kurt

  November 3rd, 2006

  In honor of your Japan visit, you should destroy Tokyo at least once in your novel…in Japanese anime Tokyo’s been destroyed by pretty much everyone by now hehe! It’s tradition!

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  Jul

  November 4th, 2006

  Thanks for the idea, Kurt. I’ll keep it in mind for when I need an unexpected plot twist…

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  Heather Ivester

  November 5th, 2006

  Good luck! I’ve joined NaNoWriMo as well. I’ve got a few scenes underway, but not quite sure where this will end up.

  44,000 words to go…

  Heather, Lively Women
  http://www.livelywomen.com