Have you heard of Movember? It has become more popular in the last couple years. During the month of November clean shaven men grow beards or mustaches to raise money in support of men's health issues, number one being prostate cancer. 176 Million has been raised world wide since 2003. Visit the website here, there is still time to stop shaving.
I admit, that was just thrown in there because I think it's a good cause. This is my real reason for this post.
Did you know November is also NaNoWriMo. Yes, I also noticed that is a very bad acronym. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel by November 30. At first that sounds crazy, writing a book in a month. The idea is to give everyday people the chance to write the book they always wanted to. Having only a month is a lot less intimidating then the usual time it takes to complete such an endeavor.
You don't have to complete a fully edited book, just put all your ideas to paper and finish a story. The challenge is 50,000 words, there is no requirement for quality. When the time is up, who knows, you might have created the idea for the next best-selling novel.
Do you need encouragement? Perhaps this will help. have you heard of the recent best-sellers Water for Elephants and The Night Circus? Both those books were written during NaNoWriMo. So even if your initial attempt is a badly written draft, that doesn't mean you cant revise it later. This may be just the push you need to get started on the next best-seller.
Interested? Visit the website for more information.
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