5 Reasons Why I’m Writing a Novel but Not for NaNoWriMo
The craziest month for writers is here.
It’s almost the end of November (crazy right?) and I bet you’ve heard the word NaNoWriMo. That means it’s National Novel Writing Month. The participants of NaNoWriMo attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days. To keep up with this challenge, writers have to write a minimum of 1,667 words a day. Does that sound absolutely crazy? Yeah, it kinda is.
Most participants during this time of the month are extremely stressed. It’s the last stretch, there is only a little over a week to finish and the holidays are fast approaching. How are you going to get 1,667 words down with a whole turkey to cook or a plane to catch? November is stressful.
It’s okay, you don’t have to do NaNoWriMo to write your novel.
Sure, NaNo helps you get your motivation up but there are eleven other months in the year to complete a novel. With that in mind, I decided to start a novel but not in November and not for NaNoWriMo.
These are my five reasons why.
1.Writing a Novel is Stressful Enough
Completing 50,000 words is no easy challenge. Some days are going to be good and some days are going to be bad. Things come up and maybe you can’t get to the keyboard…
