November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for those of you who are saving your letters for something else. NaNoWriMo (that’s just so absurd, I had to write it twice) is an annual Internet-based writing project which asks contestants to write a 50,000-word novel between November 1st and 30th. That didn’t sound like much of a challenge until I started doing the math. It’s more than 1,600 words a day. I’ve barely written 3,000 words in my blog this entire month. Comparing my little daily page with a novel is a bit like comparing a nice manicure with the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Besides, a novel needs things like a plot, a theme, a setting, compelling characters, a climax, etc. I never concern myself with any of those things. I simply write what amuses me. Is there a competition out there for that?
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