It’s now day 5 of NaNoWriMo and I’ve written 8,190 words of a target goal of 50,000 words. With a few more words in my novel today, I’m staying with the curve that will get me to 50,000 by midnight, November 30.

What is NaNoWriMo?

NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month (November 1-30).

From the website:
“Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved. Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It’s all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.”

In the words of historian Jim Barber, who writes, “When dueling with firearms, always aim lower than your opponent’s vital area–to pierce the heart, aim at the knees.” Translated to novel-writing speak: Aiming low is the best way to succeed.

For someone like me who tends to be a perfectionist, the lack of structure and uncertainty of where my writing will take me will likely be the biggest challenge. As I write, I already find myself going back and editing earlier sections to fit better with later sections. Ughhh….

Check out my progress here.

Cheers,

David

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David B. Glover
Experiential Writer, Elite Athlete, Coach and Race Director
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