NaNoWriMo!??? What could that be?
Actually, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Yes, that's right - there is a group of us out there insane enough to actually try to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. They do it every year! This is the first time for me to try it. I've got about 10,000 words so far, so I need to get cracking. My novel is currently called Sophia's Divine Summer. Stay tuned for more!
The amazing thing about doing NaNoWriMo is that you don't have time to edit yourself - you just WRITE. This has freed me to explore and just keep letting my thoughts and words flow onto the page without doing so much self-editing. It's such a rush when the Lord just puts the ideas there and I sit down and let it flow! I can't type fast enough!
I will keep you posted on the final result! For more info, see NaNoWriMo's website at nanowrimo.org. There's still time to sign up, and it's free! Even if you only get half of your novel written, that's a great start! And you can add me as a buddy. My login is leap_of_faith. Thanks!
Onward and upward!
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