For the next month I am going to busy writing a young adult novel based on a teenage girl who encounters many problems in life. Her battle with depression is just one of the major issues that will prevent her from recovering who she is. My aim is to write about the different faces of people and the masks they sometimes wear to go through life.
NaNoWriMo is a non-profit organization that challenges people from a variety of backgrounds to write a novel within a thirty day time frame. The novel must contain a minimum of 50,000 words which averages 1,700 words a day....it reminds me of my high school days when we had to write essays with 500 - 1,000 words, the only difference is, I will have to write about two essays a day!
Even though this is going to be a huge challenge, I am looking forward to finally being able to have the chance to write a novel. Two essays a day? No problem!! Okay, maybe a little problem since my major issue is procrastination. If you have ever attended school with me then you would know that I was always struggling to get things done on time. You would often find me finishing homework the day it was due. With NaNoWriMo, my due date is going to be everyday for thirty days and that is going to be my own personal challenge.
In preparation for this event, I am going to purchase all sorts of snacks, because working without snacks just sucks since another one of my traits is eating and eating a lot. Surely, this is going to be the best thirty days since it will be filled with snacks and wine! It might also be the worst because my usual hobbies are probably going to suffer as a result to the stress of reaching my 50,000 word minimum.
So, despite the challenges, we are allowed to have an outline and I believe that this is going to be the crucial tool to reaching the winners circle! A book in thirty days! We got this fellow participants!
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