I listen to podcasts a lot and sometimes get bored with whatever I’ve been listening to. So about a year ago, while looking for something new I ran across an obscure podcast that was a quick, easy listen.
In many of the episodes, the host kept mentioning Nano month and how much she was trying to meet this writing goal. It was totally foreign to me but because I’ve been writing a lot more in recent years I tried to find out what I could.
Fast forward to this past Thursday and I’m on a conference call listening to a town hall. I’m skimming my smart phone and notice that trending on Twitter is #NaNoWrMo2018. Hmmm.
I looked into it and decided to join in for the fun of it. No planning. No forethought. I grabbed one of the projects I’ve been working on and I’m off.
NaNoWrMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It appears to have been going on
for a long time but I didn’t know anything about it. It’s basically an organization that through a website provides motivation to write. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
I know 50,000 probably won’t happen for me but they say that it is an achievable goal for a full-time worker with a family to achieve in a month. So let’s test this. I’ll let you know how many words I write in November. (Not counting blogs or paid projects that is.)
Have you ever heard of NaNoWrMo? Are you doing it this month? Have you ever? I’d love to know.
— Namaste
I learned about NaNoWriMo at a writing conference a few years back, but have never tried to commit to it. I hope it will work for you.
Best wishes,
Tanja
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As you can guess I was not prepared to do very well. I’m a slow writer anyway and November is a busy month for me. I have written more than usual though so that is something I guess.
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I think it might be a good motivator, but if it puts you under too much pressure, it will only make you dissatisfied with yourself, and that defeats the purpose.
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So true.
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