So I joined this writing contest, or I suppose it’s a contest; more of a marathon for writers. Thirty-one days to write however many of words you set as your goal, or ten days as the case may be, since I didn’t discover any of this until today. It is AugNoWri or something or another. The main contest is in November, and yes it is NaNoWri, with something else in there I’m forgetting. That test has a goal of 50,000 words to write.
That’s the gig. Just start writing and keep writing until the last day of the month or until you reach the goal listed. I’m preparing for November. This is kind of a 3k race getting ready for the big one. I wonder if you have to write complete sentences? Hmmm, or if just words count? Especially if they’re to, you know, get your mind rolling. Yep, that’s what this is for, to make yourself write, no matter what. So many words a day, no editing, no trying for perfection. No rhyme or reason – just writing. Of course, hopefully the long term goal will be to actually write a novel. Or something of that nature. It’s a challenge, made by yourself to yourself. Write!
I wonder how many words I’ve written already. Hey, I’m doing good and feeling in the mood to write today, which is why I succumbed to this idea in the first place. Funny how fast that fades! I’m already busted! Okay, well not yet. As long as I keep adding something, I’m still in.
My goal, realizing that I was starting the race in the homestretch instead of at the beginning, was set at 5,000 words. Ok, I don’t have a clue how many that is, but that was the smallest increment of count they were allowing. And I do know that means writing at least 500 words a day! At some point I’m going to need to stop and see how many words I have so I can have a picture in my mind of what my goal should look like.
While typing all of this, I got this wonderful idea of my own. Wow – had to savor the moment. Anyway, I could post this on my website and keep a kind of journal of my journey, which means I need to look up the real name of this contest and actually put the website on here for others. It’s not too late to join the one for November, but I wouldn’t recommend the August one! Ok, let’s stop and take a count…
Ok, forget the count for the moment. I looked up the real name, the November one is National Novel Writing Month, hence the NaNoWriMo, found at www.nanowrimo.org. And the August one would be August Novel Writing Month, found at http://augnowrimo.proboards.com.
((Tune in tomorrow for part two…Down For The Count))
=) Sounds fun. I look forward to seeing what comes of the tips of your fingers.