It’s only hours now…
The May NaNoWriMo is about to begin. If you are interested in this great phenomenon, you should definitely head over to the main website and take a look at what it is all about. Also–possibly more importantly–you can pick up the book No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty (the event’s founder and organizer). If you ever wanted to write a book, but “never got around to doing it” because you are “oh so busy all the time,” then this book/website will greatly assist you in understanding why both of those statements are wrong.
Chris Baty makes a powerful argument in the epilogue of the book about how writing shouldn’t be all about “going for the gold” and making a bajillion dollars. He describes an engineer who loves to play softball after work. He plays softball because its fun and he loves to do it. He will never become rich off of it… He won’t enter the pro leagues. He just does it because of the joy. The same goes for writing. Many people, Baty describes too, slay video game monsters day in and day out to what accomplishment? There is none. It’s just fun.
Look at writing the same way. Have fun with it. If your novel doesn’t work out… So what? It was fun!
So get writing. Right now. Go.
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