NaNoWriMo
by
Julianna O.
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel
Writing Month. It takes place every year throughout the month of November and
it challenges you to write a novel in one month. You can either sign up for
NaNoWriMo as an adult on their regular site (nanowrimo.org) or you can sign up
for the Young Writers Program (ywp.nanowrimo.org), if you sign up for the Young
Writers Program (YWP) you have to be 17 and younger. NaNoWriMo consists of word
count goals, if you hit the word count goal, then you win. For the adult
NaNoWriMo's word count goal is 50,000 words and for the YWP, the word count
goal is set to 30,000 words but you can change it.
This is my first time doing NaNoWriMo,
I signed up for the Young Writers Program and I made my word count goal 17,000
words. I am doing it along with my virtual school, every Saturday they have a
live session online where they talk about different NaNoWriMo stuff. Last
Saturday, they talked about what is a novel and we shared some of our favorite
novels. I am really excited for NaNoWriMo but I am a little terrified because
this will be the first time I am actually writing a novel and I really want to
finish my novel within November. I do have a few ideas of what I am going to do
but I am not quite sure what to do yet.
I have a week to prepare (when this
gets up on Friday, I will only have two days to prepare), I haven't even
figured out what happens in the beginning, middle and end of my novel yet. This
next month is going to be a little stressful, lets hope not, but I know I can
do it. What I learned is that, if you tell yourself you can't do it, then you
can't but if you say I can do it, then you will be able to do it because 'with
God all things are possible' (Matthew 19:26). I will pray that I will be able
to reach my word count goal and win NaNoWriMo.
