Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Art and Writing

National Novel Writing Month: What the heck.

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National Novel Writing Month terrifies me.

You don't make promises you can't keep, you know, and my good friend Corrine is "encouraging" me to sign up (i.e. make a promise) and take part in this adventure.

A 50,000 word novel. In one month. Talk about your pulp fiction.

It's a good thing I've quit all my jobs and my temporary job in Devils Lake comes to an end after tomorrow. I'll have all the time in the world to write truly bad fiction and use absolutely no contractions so I can squeak out that 50,000 word goal.

I've thought of some titles for my alleged novel:

50,000 Ways To Quit
How The Fact That Pictures Equal A Thousand Words Can Save Lives
Missing The Mark By 49,999
One Month To Insanity

Since misery loves company, I challenge you to sign up, take the dive, and emerged humbled but richer. Richer in the personal growth sense, and in no way the financial sense.

November looks to be terrible.

::There is an actual North Dakota NaNoWriMo blog someone has going. Check it out. In browsing the forums at the NaNo web site, I see that some people have their novel planned, titled, outlined or all of the above. Me? I dunno. I'll just start writing on November 1 and see where it takes me. Should be interesting. No need to overplan, I always say as my car starts on fire and goes over the edge of the cliff. Stay tuned to this blog, though, as the month of November progresses to see how I'm doing, if I can keep up, and for novel excerpts.::