Have you hear of it? It’s an acronym for National Novel Writing Month. It’s a crazy month of writing as fast as you can to reach 50,000 words on a novel. This is meant to be a rough draft. It’s all about quantity, NOT quality. It’s about turning off your internal editor and just get words on the “page.” If I have no words on the page, I can’t fix them. The only way to fix a blank page is to throw some words at it. It might not be pretty, but at least I have something there to work with.
I am participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. Even years I’m sure I don’t have time to write the full 50k, I still announce my project on the site and track my words there. If I shoot low, I achieve low. But when I shoot high (50k), I might not reach it, but I get a whole lot more than when I shoot low. For me, these kinds of goal setting where I tell other how many words I want to write, helps me a lot to get words written.
This year, I’m working on a WWII novel. Though I don’t have a contract, I have this idea I’d like to explore. I’m hoping to get a large chunk of my rough draft written. It’s about a female pilot who flies into danger to rescue soldiers held hostage.
So far, I’m behind of where I need to be. I’ve had a lot of other things I’ve been juggling. I haven’t given up and hope to start adding many more words. Even if I don’t reach the 50k, I know I’ll get more words than if join in. I’m at 7,161 words so far this month. I should be at 15,003 words, but I have had to do quite a bit of research as this book is in an entirely new setting for me.
“But Mary, didn’t you say to write as fast as you can?”
“I did, but I need the research to know what actions my characters take. I need to know which WWII aircraft they are flying to know how much room is inside, how many people can fit in it, and other such details.”
I hope to catch up the second half of the month.
If you are an author, have you ever attempted NaNoWriMo? Did it help you write more than you would have without it?
I will be participating in a FB party with 3 other authors on Sunday, November 15th if you would like to join us. Here is the group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1770933813056488
The party starts at 2:30 PST, 3:30 MST, 4:30 CST, and 5:30 EST.
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