While I'm busy writing 50,000 words this month as part of NaNoWriMo, I encourage you to do the same. And stop the excuses, because I have plenty too...yes, I have real work to do, a house to run, appointments to schedule, teachers to email, holiday shopping to start, kids to love and an insane dog to pick up after. And while I know this "novel"--and I do use that word loosely--won't be rushed to the printer anytime soon, it's just the art of getting something down on paper. It's about creating fiction (as a journalist I dwell and am comfortable in the nonfiction world so this is a HUGE challenge for me) --with a beginning, middle and end--which inspires me .
Sounds good, until I remember what a struggle it is sometimes to get those words down. For me, the big problem is the self-edit button I have on a continual loop in my head. You know the one? The one that says, "What you just wrote is really stupid. That will NEVER be published!" So I'm battling my inner critic in an attempt to produce a Nano manuscript.
Because it's a real live manuscript then and not a fuzzy "someday I'll write a book" fantasy.
Other writers around the globe are trying it. Why don't you join us? Or at least use the time to produce something in 30 days. (Check out this great blog post by Christina Katz of 21 tips for any 30 day project. Or take a look back at when I attempted this in 2009, and my guest post on the Writer Inspired blog.) Let the reckless abandon of writing frenzy begin, writer friends!
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