7 days and counting
I did it. I finally signed up for National Novel Writing Month, am I scared? terrified? thinking I might poop my pants?
Yes, all of the above.
But, I'm also really excited to do it. I've heard about NaNoWriMo for years, and always envied those people doing it, but never thought it would be me, but now I have my 1st novel drafted and Mara is ready to sit for a little bit, do some digesting, and get some new eyes in December. Meanwhile, I'm going to attempt the amazing feat of writing 50,000 words in 1 month. Not only that, but I'm also giving birth to baby number 4 (due Nov. 3) so I'm setting some lofty goals for myself. Hoping I can figure out a way to sling my little guy so I can have lots of hands free baby holding at the computer.
4 of the ladies in my writing group are doing NaNoWriMo and one of my local writer friends as well, so I'm excited to keep up with people I actually know! Hopefully we'll buoy each other up and make this a really good experience.
So, for those of you mathematically challenged, November has 30 days.
50,000 words/ 30 days =1666 words per day
With Mara I made myself write 1000 words per day minimum and often 2000 and I discovered it was possible for me to write that much, but, no Sunday writing and I'm sure to not be writing on baby day and probably not the day after either, so that's 6 days minimum I won't be writing so:
50,000 words/24 days =2083 words per day
Can I do it? We're about to find out . . .
Wish me luck! And let me know if you're doing NaNoWriMo too.
Good luck with this!
ReplyDeleteYou can do it Robin! You are amazing. So what are you going to write about?
ReplyDeleteI am cheering for you! You are an amazing person to attempt this. But baby number four. Meh. No big deal. I can't wait to read your NaNo stuff.
ReplyDeleteYay! *can't imagine doing anything with a baby*
ReplyDeleteWe will all be splendiferously supportive.
Ahem. You are in trouble. Because I didn't know about this blog.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you are amazing, and you can do NaNoWriMo, even with little Joseph in tow. And I can tell you after my first day of writing, your book will be much better than mine.
Now it's time for you to write a follow-up blog all about how you did it WITH a newborn baby! You are truly amazing!!!
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