NaNoWriMo 2016 Begins!

It’s November, and you know what that means… NaNoWriMo!

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is a magical time of year when thousands of crazy writers decide to write an entire 50,000 word novel in a single month.

It’s an excellent way to get a first draft written… and motivation to keep yourself writing. I write almost every day, but NaNoWriMo still makes me put in an extra effort to write more than ever.

Many of my favorite novel ideas have come from NaNoWriMo.

This year’s is a new novel with the working title of Unto Dust. It has that working title because it sounds nicer than calling it “Untitled Novel.”

And because it sprang from a short story idea, and the short story would have used that title. It made much more sense for the short story, although with the wild turns the writing process takes, it could make sense again by the time I’m done with the novel.

Last year, I went into NaNo armed with only a map. It didn’t go well.

This time, I have many ideas! Fluffy ideas, perhaps, but we can work on it from there.

And you can now track my progress! Since I surpassed my Operation Backlog Completion goal, I replaced my video game completion meter with a NaNoWriMo progress bar.

I’m off to a good start, and it should be a fun ride! Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year?

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Note: I was supposed to announce a winner for the contest today, but you all resisted the urge to get free games and decided not to enter. If you DID enter, contact me and we’ll search for your lost comment.