National Novel Writing Month

November is National Novel Writing Month. You might guess what it is, and you'd probably be right. It is exactly what it sounds like - a month in which participating writers write their novels. A little more specifically, the goal is to start a novel on 1 November and finish it by midnight on 30 November. But that's not all. Part of the package is that the novel must be at least 50,000 words.

It's a great way to try to get that novel that has been kicking around you head down on paper. It's a time to force yourself to sit down at your computer (or where ever you like to write) and spend the hours you've always promised yourself you would.

It's also a great time to get involved with the library's writing group. The writing group provides a time and place to spend writing. It provides a support system of other authors who understand the joys and frustrations you feel as you try to get the novel committed to paper, revised and edited.

Click here for writing group dates.

For more information about the writing group, just give me a call - Elizabeth, 723-5850.

Already in the middle of a writing project that you really don't want to put on the back burner for a month? So what. Keep working on it. Use National Novel Writing Month anyway you want. Just use to to write. Keep working on your current novel. Set a goal to add 20,000 words during the month if 50,000 seems out of reach. Do what works for you - the point is, National Novel Writing Month should push you beyond what you would normally accomplish in a month.

So sit down to your computers and join writers across the country. Feel the energy, the anxiety, the joy and the pain. FEEL THE RUSH of National Novel Writing Month.

Elizabeth