NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is the month of intense, crazy, fun creative writing. Participants kick off on the 1st of November and write their little hearts out until they've written a novel of 50,000 words. The deadline is 11:59 PM on November 30 and I think I might just participate this year.

My chances of actually finishing are pretty slim, simply because I start writing exams on the 1st and don't finish until the 19th. But I have a story; I'm working on an outline, filling in pre-made character sheets and just planning everything out as best as I can. I want to do this.

To make it, I'm going to have to write a minimum of 1,667 words a day, but just because I'm working on building a writing routine, I'm going to aim for 2,000. This is the number I aim for when I'm writing a chapter of a story I post on Wattpad and if I aim just a little bit higher than suggested, I'll be safe. 

Here's to hoping that my meagre little YA story will come to exist because of NaNoWriMo. Good luck everyone! May the pen actually be mightier than the sword!

For more info on this event, check out nanowrimo.org.