Well, it’s over, and I’ve managed to come up with 50,779 words. I officially finished on 11/27/2007 at 18:41 EST.
It was quite an experience. I’m not as disgusted with my work as I thought I would be, although, and I cannot emphasize this enough, I do not think it is good by any sort [...]
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I am now half-way through November, National Novel Writing Month, and I just passed the half-way mark in my novel. Even writing the phrase “my novel” makes me chuckle a bit, as it just sounds so silly. But, I’ve been very surprised by what has happened.
First, I am actually writing every day. It has been [...]
There are people who knew they wanted to be professional writers for as long as they can remember. I am not one of those people. In college, inspired by an Elvis Costello song while walking through campus, I began writing a novel in longhand. I filled about a dozen legal pads before abandoning the manuscript, [...]
