It’s November, and that means the start of two annual writing marathons: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for folks who want to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, and National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) for folks who want to blog a post a day for 30 days.
This year, I’ve decided to participate in a modified version of NaNoWriMo, something I’m calling NaNonWriMo. Instead of trying to write a novel in a month, I’m using the month of November as an excuse to write 50,000 words of nonfiction, the first step toward a rough-draft of a book-length nonfiction narrative I’ve been wanting to write. In the spirit of new beginnings, earlier I wrote 1,755 rambling words (a bit over my daily goal) to get started.
Since the stuff I’m writing is rough and rambling, I don’t envision sharing much (if any) of it here: instead, I see it as being the start of something else entirely, something that will tell me what to make of it, eventually, once I’ve written far enough. In the meantime, though, I’d like to post at least a picture (sometimes more) each day during the month of November–a modified version of NaBloPoMo–just to let you know I’m still around and still writing.
Nov 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Never stop writing! But you don’t need me to tell you.
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Nov 1, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Yes. “Never stop writing” is my version of Zen Master Seung Sahn’s “Only go straight.” Just Keep Doing It!
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Nov 1, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Interesting, like the twist! Good luck with that!
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Nov 1, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Thank you. I trust that if I keep writing, the prose will tell me where it wants to go.
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Nov 1, 2011 at 5:27 pm
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Nov 1, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Amazing photo, that top one! Good luck with your writing projects.
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Nov 2, 2011 at 3:00 am
Good luck on the writing project! I’ll look forward to your daily photos, particularly if they’re as fabulous as the top one here. (I didn’t even hear about NaBloPoMo, but I guess I’m participating inadvertently, as I’ve been posting daily for a while now. 🙂 )
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Nov 2, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Great to hear about your creative project! Happy writing this month.
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Nov 2, 2011 at 8:54 pm
I am glad to hear about your writing project. It is something at least that you have control over when so much of one’s destiny seems to be in others’ hands.
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Nov 3, 2011 at 9:54 am
Good luck! We’ll be there to encourage you!
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