{"id":2084,"date":"2013-10-24T23:16:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T23:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nathanielpayne.com\/blog\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2013-10-24T23:16:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T23:16:26","slug":"nan-oh-rhyme-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielpayne.com\/blog\/nan-oh-rhyme-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Nan Oh Rhyme Oh"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that time of year, again. The fall leaves changing, the air is getting colder (I think I covered most of this in my last post<\/a>). But most of all, we’re quickly approaching November. And that means: NaNoWriMo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month<\/strong>. The time of year where thousands of people around the world simultaneously attempt to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1st and November 30th. It’s a truly tough row to hoe, requiring at minimum 1,667 words produced to page per day in order to manage the feat. I haven’t done it myself since 2007, when I wrote a truly hideous novel that I immediately tucked away in a drawer and promptly forgot.<\/p>\n

But, the point is, I WROTE A NOVEL. I can say that even now, six years later, as I wind up the various strings and intricate mechanisms of thought in an attempt to try, try again to accomplish such a task.<\/p>\n

This time, however, I won’t be alone.\u00a0This NaNo effort was actually sparked by my wonderful wife, who realized they had a NaNoWriMo Young Writer’s program<\/a>, where you can sign up as educators and watch over your classroom. We have setup just such a thing, where our two boys shall attempt their own novels (with appropriately smaller word count goals). It should be interesting to watch them progress through a month of daily writing. I’m placing bets on when each of them decides to give up on the effort (will they even make it to Thanksgiving? One can only hope….)<\/p>\n

You can watch my own progress through the month over here<\/a>\u00a0(I’ll probably also be posting quite frequently on my personal Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> accounts).<\/p>\n

As an added bonus, my wife – being a goddess of Pinterest – has created an inspirational NaNoWriMo board<\/a>, which I’ll be (occasionally) contributing to. It’s already got a load of great writing tips and advice in handy inforgraphic format. I’m already feeling sufficiently INSPIRED.<\/p>\n

So, over the next few days, we’ll be starting to assemble outlines, conceptualize ideas, plot out scenarios, sketch some characters, and dress a few settings. All in preparation for the start of putting words to page first thing November 1st.<\/p>\n

It’s time to drag something out of nothing. It’s time for NaNoWriMo 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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