I know that it isn't yet November and NaNoWriMo doesn't start until tomorrow (or rather, a minute past midnight tonight) but in case anyone was still on the fence about whether or not to take part, our first NaNovember guest blog from author Francesca Segre may inspire you. (Look out for more from Francesca during NaNovember!)
Over to Francesca ...
November. Ah, what a special month. Three years ago this month I did what I did not know was possible. I wrote a book. Yup. I sat down on November 1, 2003 and four weeks later, I had written approximately 200 pages. Within six months, I had an agent, and in March of 2006, my novel Daughter of the Bride was born.
The novelty of writing in November has everything to do with a great program organized by Nanowrimo.org (National Novel Writing Month,) which encourages writers around the world to dedicate November to making 50 thousand words of their novel happen. Nano sent me encouraging emails throughout the month, provided an online graph to chart my word count progress, and created a community of other masochistic writers with whom I could commiserate. If you want to write a book but can’t muster the discipline, this is a great kick in the pants. And there’s usually a cool T-shirt to boot.
I admit, my Nano experience of writing, getting published, and landing a movie deal with Goldie Hawn is not the average Nano occurrence. But I’d argue that if happened once, it can probably happen again, and I’m not one to pass up an opportunity.
I’m doing Nano again this year on the off chance that I get lucky twice. How about you?
