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I have officially set the goal to partipicate in National Novel Writing Month in November 2007. I’ll be honest and say that I am a bit intimidated by attempting this feat.
This is a major goal that was not initially built into my 2007 plans, but I have decided during the last week, why not go for it in 2007?
I have some modest fear of failure on this one. 50,000 original words towards fiction in a single year seems daunting to me as it is; and now I am considering trying to accomplish this in a single month all towards a single story. All the while keeping my day job?
November seems like the perfect month to try this massive accomplishment given other demands.
I will have completed the Boston Marathon in April. The Chicago Marathon is in October, which will fulfill both of my marathon attempts this year. I will continue to run during November, but it will not be as structured.
Mon-Fri: 1,200 words per day
Sat-Sun: 3,000 words per day
This equates to 12,000 per full week and would get me to 50,000 by November 30.
I think I will take at least one more writing class (maybe two) before November to get my creative skills really honed.
I believe my commitment to keep writing will effectively prepare me for the hardest writing goal of my life.
*Just completed an online Beginning Writing course.
*The next two courses that I will take (Writeriffic: Creativity Training for Writers – Sessions 1 and 2 found at www.ed2go.com)
*Two Writer’s Journal short story contests
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