Failed Intro and NaNoWriMo

Hello!

Hey.

Hi!

Dear Friends,

Dear Readers,

Ma'Alo!

No, I don't now how to start this. But I'm starting it, and that's the main thing. Does it really matter? No. Will anyone read it? Maybe, who knows. But I'm not writing this for the readers, I'm writing it for myself. Because I want to.

Which is the same reason I'm doing NaNoWriMo again this year. (Awesome segue, right?)

Seriously, dear friends/readers/ma'alo, if you've ever considered writing a novel, you need to look into National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50'000 words in one month (about 1667 words a day), which is about the length of a novel. No one has to read it, no one ever has to know you've written it (though it's always fun to have people to talk to, which is why I recommend checking out the forums on the official site. There are some seriously awesome people on that site!). You don't win anything per se, but you do get the satisfaction of having a complete manuscript under your belt (or at least the first draft of one), and that's something not a lot of people can claim to have!

It's also a pretty intense discipline learning event (especially as a university student who has a bunch of paper to write in November. Yeah, trust me, it takes discipline). It's so worth it, though. Every frustrating writers block, coffee fuelled day, hair tearing moment is completely worth having birthed a story you can hold and dance around the room with (yeah, my stories are my babies, so what?).

Never done anything whimsical? Maybe now's your chance! Consider yourself a whimsical person? Then I'm sure you know the reward of taking a chance. So do it! Write 50k words in November! Challenge yourself do write that story that's been floating in your mind for forever. And tell me about it! Because I'd love some support, too :)

Best wishes!