I want to be a writer

There are only a couple of hours until I become one of the many participants in trying to craft 50k words in 30 days! I am excited! I will be updating this blog on my ups and downs of trying to fit 50k words in 30 days!

I have finally, after debating with myself for the past five years, decided to participate in the nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. I’ve already signed up and now have the badge to prove I am participating.

This cool little thing for writers is basically a challenge to write 50k words in 30 days. From November 1 to November 30. It is roughly 6.67 pages or 1667.5 words a day to get to 50k on day 30. This is my biggest undertaking and I still have 3 smaller projects that have to be done by 12/01/09.

So I have the rest of this month to get the writing done and all of October to revise. So I may not get all three stories out, but I still want to get two done. These are challenges that I relish.

I might even use the nanowrimo to write out my novel I’ve been playing with for 3 years. This would be the perfect opportunity.

I found this interesting challenge and I thought this would be perfect! I don't have a story in mind yet but I need to step up my writing game. I have three writing challenges that I write for every week, but I am now trying to challenge myself to write one story of my own choosing. I am starting off easy, giving myself a limit of up to 2500 words. In the grand scheme it is not a lot but for me it will be a challenge to create a story about two people in an environment that can be told in 2500 words. So a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Am I ready? Yes I am. Stay tuned while I try to write the story, before revisions. That is the goal.