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Anyone else doing NaNoWriMo?

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicked off last night; I managed to bang out 1121 words in a half-stupified, slumping-over-drowsy state - no small accomplishment, let me tell you. For those not in the know, NaNoWriMo is a participatory competition: anyone can enter, and everyone who can write 50,000 words in the month of November (in a single, semi-coherent novel format) is considered a winner - and an author (cool!).

If you’re an author or a nano participant, good on ya! If you’re not, I strongly recommend it: its an extremely liberating and entertaining experience. Creating people, lives, and a story arc out of thin air is more fun than I thought it would be, and is an entirely different experience than blogging or the short form writing (emails, reports and the like) that dominates our day-to-day communications. I’m hoping the experience will improve my writing skills overall, too - so there is a pragmatic reason to participate; think of it as a “mental boot camp.”

Of course, I’m still in the honeymoon phase: ask me again in two weeks how much I’m enjoying the nightly push to crank something out.

Anyway, if you’re into it too, drop me a line in comments!

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