It’s the beginning of September, and everywhere people are putting down their lemonades and picking up Pumpkin Spice everything and you know what that means:
NaNoWriMo is about 8 weeks away!
What is NaNoWriMo, you ask? Since 1999, it means National Novel Writing Month and it challenges you to write 50,000 words in November.
Yup. It’s a lot. It’s scary and daunting. And exhilarating. It’s doable. It’s free to participate, and there are a ton of resources to support you if you do, such as word count trackers, prompts, community motivation, inspirational speakers, and buddies.
Do you end up with a finely crafted, publishable work at the end of 30 days? NO. You do not. Let me be clear: you don’t start writing on Nov. 1 and have a publishable book on Nov. 30. BUT you will have generated content you can work with going forward, and that, my writer friends, is priceless.
Do you have to write a novel? NO. NaNoWriMo is geared towards fiction writers, with many resources on story arcs, character development, and worldbuilding, but you can work on whatever you want. I participated in 2019, 2020, and 2021 while working on nonfiction.
The thing about NaNoWriMo is that it is a challenge: it is hard but worth it.
So: are you up for a challenge?
I’m inviting you to set a goal.
What would be FUN and a CHALLENGE for you? Declare your intention, and I’ll support you! I’ll provide very specific tips and lots of encouragement over the coming weeks.
