For almost fifteen years, NaNoWriMo has been an opportunity for budding and fake novelists all over the world. Teachers, bankers, firefighters, hobos, and others gather at their laptops every November 1st for virtual socialization and the beginnings of their long journey to a 50,000 word novel. The novel doesn't have to be good, it just has to be long and have characters. NaNoWriMo, as you can probably guess, is about the journey and the discovery that one can accomplish such great and strange things.
The goal for each participant is a 50,000 words (very) rough novel by midnight on November 30. But having started a new job recently and still adjusting to my (very) hectic schedule, I've set the bar for myself quite low: 5,000 words (a good-lengthed short story). If I start making it to 5,000 quite quickly, I will up the bar; but for right now, this is where it's going to stay.
Anyone else thinking of doing NaNoWriMo? Let me know! I'd love to hear your plans and inspirations. I've got some virtual socialization set-up via Facebook for my friendly NaNoWriMo friends from years gone by who are all over the world at this point. It's the perfect time to catch up. Ironic, perhaps, that I'm planning on wasting time on socialization while frantically typing toward a word count, but around word 4,000, I know I'm going to be dying for person-interaction, virtual, imaginary, or otherwise.
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