National Novel Writing Month

So November is National Novel Writing Month, and it's already half over. It's a great concept: 50,000 words in thirty days. You pledge to do it at the NaNoWriMo web site,and then crank out the requisite pages (on average, 6 typed pages a day). On November 30, you end up with a 180 page short novel.

It's a fun way to get a novel done. The organization holds no illusions of grandeur, though. On their web site they have, as a statement, the following: "Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together."

That's pretty cool. I think I can accomplish that! I never remember that November is the month, though, so I never get to start on time. Maybe I'll pick an off month- say March- to get my novel done. Hmmm.