Writing a novel is hard work. As NaNoWriMo begins next month, thousands of people across the world will race to complete a personal deadline of 50,000 words in the space of a month. Writing a book is no easy feat, and most likely even harder when your novel is released to the world, in real-time.Which is what Dahlia Lithwick is aiming to do. Aside from her writing at Slate, Dahlia is attempting a chicklit novel, called Saving Face - a novel in real time. Saving Face will be updated chapter by chapter as Dahlia writes.
Chicklit fan Dahlia writes: 'Next month, I will start covering my 10th Supreme Court term for Slate. That seems an apt time for some very serious reflection. Or maybe not. When we were told to take time off from our everyday beats to do some kind of ambitious, long-form journalism, my first instinct naturally was to do something legal. Then I thought I'd like to do the hardest thing I could imagine. Which is writing a novel and filing it chapter by chapter as I go. And that's what I'm going to do, with you watching and helping. And I'm going to try to finish in less than four weeks.'
Saving Face, a 'mommy-lit' novel, will be updated here and also on Facebook, where Dahlia will ask for suggestions and keep the novel going. You can help by adding Saving Face on the Facebook site.
Dahlia aims to finish the book in four weeks. Can she do it? Go here to start Saving Face from the beginning.
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[Pic from Slate.com]