Tag: nanowrimo
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Post #21: Where My Boys At?
An aspect of my NANOWRIMO experience not yet chronicled here is the amazing group of students at the high school where I teach who also took on the 50,000. A few reached their goal. Many came along for the ride and produced a substantial amount of writing. They thrilled and…
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Post #18: Finish Lines
As I wrote my 50,000th word this month I was at a coffee shop alone. I’d gone in a few thousand short of my goal, ordered coffee and a peanut butter cookie, then set to work, vowing not to leave until I’d finished. I didn’t. A thrill went through me…
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Post #17: Crawling Through the Nearest Window
Doing National Novel Writing Month is exhilarating. I think this is mostly because I’ve never written, outside of education, for a capital “D” Deadline and the need to complete X quantity by Y date is a utilitarian sort of enterprise that’s added a different timbre to this writing experience than…
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Post #13: Blue Dot
Blue Dot is the presumptive title of the Sci-Fi/Horror novel I’ve started for National Novel Writing Month. As a writer of mostly literary fiction, I decided if I was going to go for broke with nanowrimo and do a novel in a month, I might as well go all out…
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Post #7: National Novel Writing Month
I’m considering trying out National Novel Writing Month in November. The goal is to produce 50,000 words in a month. Only about 15% of those who try finish. I’m excited about it, but for reasons I can’t quite articulate, though they’ve already had me called a snob once (and counting),…
Benjamin Roesch 