National Novel Writing Month

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The goal: write 50,000 words within the month, and perhaps get awarded a prize.

I remember. last year, the litblogs out there had several comments about NaNoWriMo. This year I read something on Conversational Reading that basically sums it all up for me:

When I first heard about it, Nanowrimo sounded like a strange and even slightly foolhardy idea, but it really is an interesting time and even if you don’t come away with anything worthwhile (or even want to be a writer) it is highly instructive w/r/t the creative process. After trying to write your own novel, you will notice more in the next novel you read. And it’s a great feeling to be strung out on November 29th and eek your way home to 50,000.

This is something I might actually like to try, if nothing else than to build discipline, but I’m in school right now, and I know better by now than to try to take on too much in addition to school.

Maybe next year…