Today’s the first of November and the start of NaNoWriMo – or National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you’ve got to write a novel of at least 50,000 words by the end of the month – as featured on this Evening’s Front Row.
I’ve not written so much as a short story since school – probably at some point in my English Language ‘O’ Level – so it’s a tough ask. But I’m going to have a bash. Write what you know and all that, so that’s where I’ll be starting.
I won’t say any more at the moment, but stay tuned to see if I do well, or crash and burn. And I’ll no doubt publish the whole thing either here or elsewhere. I haven’t quite worked it all out yet.
So, 50,000 words divided by 30 days equals 1,666 words a day. Quite a schedule whilst holding down a fulltime job.