November is National Novel Writing Month. This is the month
where writers around the globe attempt to write a novel in 30 days. The goal is
to reach 50,000 words in the month of November.
I have not reached that goal, not once, although I tend to
observe NaNoWriMo every year in some way. It is when my writer friends go into
hiding. It is when I get daily postings to my email that are meant to be inspiring, remnants from the year I
actually signed up for the program and miserably failed to meet 50K words in a
month. I see writers in forums and on Facebook post their word counts, which
make me feel like an unproductive heel.
It also turns out to be one of my more productive months for
writing. Must be due to the peer pressure, or the fact that writing is top on
the mind for a month, rather than the 7,000 other things associated with the
upcoming holidays.
As this month of November comes to a close, I want to
congratulate my comrades for completing the challenge, or even attempting the
challenge. I dipped into a rewrite project that reached the climax tonight.
While I didn’t reach a word count, I did some great work this month. I thank
the creators of National Novel Writing Month for bringing this isolated craft
workmanship to the fore.
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