Non-Fiction | Progress Update | NaNoWriMo
My NaNoWriMo Journey 2023: Getting Started (and Re-started)
This November, I’m embarking on a project to develop my Flash Fiction, ‘Journey Across an Ocean of Plastic’ into a novel for NaNoWriMo.
NaNoWriMo is a challenge to write a 50,000 novel in November. There is also a free prep course during the 6 weeks before. I’m doing it as both a personal challenge and to have fun learning how to write a novel.
I enjoy writing, but it isn’t something that I prioritise. I have dabbled in some flash fiction here on Medium, putting some of my half started ideas into flash fiction. Then life took over, and honestly, I forgot about Medium for a while.
In August, Medium staff wrote an article, Reading fiction makes us better people. In the comments, the incredible E Ardincaple recommended a story of mine (Thank you!), ‘Journey Across an Ocean of Plastic’.
The comment prompted me to re-read the story. Re-reading it made me realise how…
