National Novel Writing Month

It’s been six weeks since my last post. Sorry. I’m trying to get motivated to continue this blog in its current form and I’m not sure that’s possible, at least at this point. More on that in a future post I hope. I’m planning now for a new writing project, albeit a temporary one. I’m going to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) which starts on November 1, 2009 and lasts until you hit 50,000 words or the calendar flips to December 1, 2009, whichever comes first. If you want to learn more, check out this website: http://www.nanowrimo.org.

Why NaNoWriMo? The entire concept of National Novel Writing Month is primarily to be motivated by a deadline, and secondarily to strive for a goal that’s very difficult to attain – writing 50,000 words in a month. Yikes. I’d heard about the endeavor before and had given it passing consideration earlier this year. As with my previous attempts at writing anything creative, it was fleeting. But, a few weeks back on the social cancer known as Facebook a friend asked if anyone was considering trying. I decided to man up and sign up.

Since we had the initial back and forth online, a few other friends have committed. I’ve joined the forums online and scheduled to attend the “write-in” parties that are planned periodically throughout the month.

I’ll be honest. I’m scared. Scared that I won’t succeed and scared that what I write will suck (which I’m learning it is supposed to). I’m not going to publish what I write here but I will publish updates on how it’s going, among other things related to sustainability – the original theme of green | rising. The funny thing is that I see this project as contributing to my own sustainability in a way, making discussion of it quite appropriate for this site. Stay tuned.