My li'l sis, Deb, gave me a novel writing kit for Christmas last year. The kit is a fraddy-cat-writer-friendly program for writing the first draft of a 50,000 word novel in one month. I had planned on beginning the program earlier in the year, but due to being laid off and other personal challenges I was delayed. A couple of days ago I picked up the program again and gave it a gander and after some thought felt it would be best to start the program immediately, even though it was already a week into June. "I can do it," I told myself. "What is unemployment for but ventures such as these?"
So, here I am. My boyfriend Doug and my good friend Tim have agreed to be my cheerleaders/watchdogs and my sister Deb has agreed to take up the challenge with me and write her own novel. We will be engaged in a friendly sibling rivalry.
In this blog I will document my progress, detail my struggles and undoubtedly spend most of my writing time complaining about any shortcomings or blockages.
I am going to attempt to write 3333 words a day through June 13 in order to make up for lost time. If this proves to be too difficult, I will adjust my words per day from the recommended 1700 to 2090 and spread the difference across the entire month.
I am no good at math so if anyone finds inaccuracy in my numbers feel free to leave a comment on this post.
I appreciate everyone's support and apologize in advance for any untoward behavoirs in which I might engage between now and June 30th.
Consider yourself warned.
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