It's Nanowrimo. National Novel Writing Month. Check out details at http://www.nanowrimo.org/. This is probably the third or fourth time I'm trying it and we'll see how far I get this year. I did get a "complete" story the last time I did it, although it wasn't quite to 50,000 words. Just over 40, actually. And I've since rewritten about half of it and am still working on finishing that rewrite as well as finishing fleshing it out. I'm hoping to get farther this time. Here's an excerpt from the story of the year.
Maybe it had been the romance of the moment or the starry sky or the fact that it was prom night, but when he dropped her off that night, she had lingered before going inside, enjoying the warm night and the boy leaning on the car next to her. And when he had asked her what she would be doing in ten years—if she would remember this night—she had just shrugged. Then, on a whim, she had suggested something: if they were both unmarried at their ten year high school reunion, they would marry each other. It was something right out of the movies. She had thought twenty-eight would make her an old maid and couldn’t imagine not being married by then. Yet, here she was, 28 today and still single. Was he still single, too? He had agreed those many years ago to her spontaneous plan and had even sealed it with the gentlest of kisses on her cheek.
As of today, I'm at 1,585 words and counting. Encourage me!
Consider this encouragement. You can do it. I can't wait to read it:)
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