{"id":3359,"date":"2013-11-12T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2013-11-12T18:20:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:20:01","slug":"nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2013\/11\/nanowrimo.html","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/2013\/11\/NaNoWriMo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3360\" alt=\"NaNoWriMo\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/2013\/11\/NaNoWriMo.png\" width=\"144\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>Late this October, I decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo as it is known.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to write 50,000 words on a novel and the website provides encouragement, structure, and community to its 297, 479 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what they say about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.<\/strong>\u00a0On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. on November 30. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for\u00a0anyone\u00a0who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.<a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/how-it-works\">Here\u2019s a little more about how it all works.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>National Novel Writing Month is also a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/our-nonprofit\">501(c)(3) nonprofit<\/a>\u00a0that believes your story matters.<\/strong>\u00a0You know how writing makes the world a more creative, vibrant place. Through NaNoWriMo\u2014as well as\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ywp.nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Young Writers Program<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/come-write-in\">Come Write In program<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/campnanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camp NaNoWriMo<\/a>\u2014we work hard to empower and encourage that vibrant creativity around the world.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/why-donate\">We can\u2019t do it without writers like you<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am about halfway through my word count. I&#8217;ve had a novel knocking around in my brain for a few years now but I&#8217;ve never really written any fiction, with the exception of an entry I wrote for NPR&#8217;s <a title=\"NPR Three-Minute Fiction Contest\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2012\/11\/npr-three-minute-fiction-contest.html\">Three Minute Fiction<\/a> a couple years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m under no illusions about writing the next great American Novel, not even the next mediocre American Novel. For me, this is a process of exploration, exercising creative muscles that have hardly been used, and embracing a fun challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Someday, perhaps, this project will become something I will seek to publish. In the meantime, I will keep hacking away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s not too late to get started!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late this October, I decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo as it is known. The goal is to write 50,000 words on a novel and the website provides encouragement, structure, and community to its 297, 479 participants. 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