So I've Decided to Do the NaNo

Did you know November is NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month? It's when people buckle down and try to pump out a 50,000 word novel in thirty days. I tried to do this many years ago and epically failed for several reasons:

• I hadn't given my story idea any thought prior to November. So there was no character sketching. No pre-plotting. Nothing. It's pretty daunting to come up with an idea and write it to completion in 30 days.
• I had the misconception that 50,000 words was a full length novel. It isn't.
• I didn't have enough time.
• I was too tired.
• I thought I wanted to do it, but it turns out I really didn't.
• I thought my brain was incapable of churning out creativity in such mass quantities.

So when writer friends asked me if I was doing it this year. I was like, no. Nope. Definitely not. And I listed my reasons about how my writing method did not conform to NaNo. Or about this or about that. Blah, blah, blah.

But then I got caught up in all the NaNo pre-hype. 

And all my writer friends were doing it. 

And I already have an entire novel pre-plotted, characters all dreamt up, and worlds ready to be built. And I felt this itch to do NaNo. I didn't want to be left out of all the writing fun.

So I signed up for NaNo today and plan to join the drafting frenzy. My NaNo name is: AnitaSk8. If you're doing it, add me as your buddy, and we can cheer each other on.

Do I expect to complete an entire YA Fantasy novel this month?

Heck no, considering your average YA Fantasy can be almost 80,000 words.

Do I expect to write 50,000 words?

Probably not.

Do I plan to have fun and enjoy the camaraderie of writers striving to put words on a page?

Absolutely, yes!