Nanowrimo

I am taking part in Nanowrimo this year. Nanowrimo stands for National Novel Writing Month. What it means is that I will have to write a 50,000 word novel before the end of November.

I first heard of Nanowrimo in 2008 when a friend decided to take part in it. I admit I was quite intrigued but I had just started a new job and did not have the time or patience to churn out 50,000 words in a month. In 2009 I joined the nano website and decided to take part. November 2009 ended without my having written a single word. In 2010, I had an actual plan for a novel, an actual outline. I was going to do it that year! I wrote maybe a hundred words before giving up.

This year I have a plan. I have an outline. I have characters. I have a plot. I don't know how the story ends but I know how to get there. I put off writing a blog post about it just to make sure I was going to keep my word on participating, really participating this year. I am taking part in the forum discussions, albeit very slowly and keeping in touch with some other wrimos through facebook and twitter. It also helped quite a bit that the first day of Nanowrimo coincided with Cup day. I got a day off work and I managed to write 1500 words starting from midnight before I went to sleep last night.

I was going to write 5000 words before I went to bed tonight but I am tired. I am stuck and my hands are really hurting. I am up to 4300 words and if I manage at least a thousand words for the next three nights (which are workdays) I reckon I will still be on track.