Last year, I tried my hand at National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for the experienced). The goal: 50,000 words written during the month of November. My end result: about 10,000 words. Yeah, pretty lame. Especially since I’m a writer/editor who should be able to kill a fun project like that with ease. But I didn’t.
So now I’m at it again. Only this time, I’m not doing it alone. (Okay, I didn’t technically do it alone last year, as there were thousands of folks from across the world participating and was encouraged by some old college pals who tuned me into it.) This year, I’m going to be writing alongside some students from Tennessee Christian Preparatory School.
This is being made possible and easier via NaNoWriMo‘s Young Writers Program. With these guys, students are encouraged to bang out a novel. The biggest difference is that each writer gets to choose how many words he or she wants to write. But I think I’m going to set the level at 20,000 words or so. And all who make the goal will earn the right to say they did it and to do something awesome with me when it’s all said and done. Since they all adore me, I wouldn’t be surprised if the entire school wants in on it.
In the event you want to do something similar, just hit one of the links above, sign up, and get ready to write that elusive novel you’ve always dreamed of.
