If you haven't heard the buzz around town then pull a chair up to the camp fire and listen up. In November thousand of people around the world are joining together to participate in a month long writing frenzy. Its called National Novel Writing Month or Nano for short. The rules for Nano are 1. You must start a fresh project. 2. You cannot start writing until 12:01am Nov 1st. 3. In order to "win" you must write 50,000 words by the end of the month. 4. Have fun. 5. You can prep for your novel as much as you want before hand, as long as you do not start writing it until November 1st.
A wise person might ask themselves "Why would I want to rush to complete a novel in just one month? That's insane!" Of course each person is different and each one could supply a variety of answers. Many people who participate in Nano like the challenge, others never find the time to write and having a certain month set aside to do so is a big help. Others use this opportunity to prove to themselves that they can complete a project. Whatever your reason if you like to write you should check it out.
Its been said that the first week of Nano is easy, by the second you are banging your head against the wall, the third week you will vow to quit and never participate again. However by the fourth week, you are singing Nano's praise and relishing all of the friendships that you made over the forums and local write ins. So all of you writers, poets, dabblers, and scribes go insane for a month and have a blast while you are doing it. For more information on Nano go to http://www.nanowrimo.org/.
Until next time -
Know the Secret Within You!
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