That Writing Time of Year

November will be here in twelve days!  And that means National Novel Writing Month.  It's what November is FOR after all.  Right?

This will be my ninth year participating and my fourth year rebelling.  I'll be writing short stories AND ignoring word count.  (I want to focus on practicing the new stuff from the workshop and not be distracted by that pesky word count.)  I've made no plans beyond that.  Totally winging it.

My NaNo signature this year: "When you break rules, break 'em good and hard." (Spoken by Nanny Ogg in Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.)

Why do I keep doing this?  It's a wonderful way to improve your writing.  I consider it a marathon of a writing practice.  No matter what the word count on that first morning of December, I have a story that didn't exist on Halloween.  I also had the pleasure of writing along with others from all over the world.

Many of the folks who read my blog are WriMo veterans.  If you're one of the people who isn't and have considered writing a novel "some day," perhaps this is the year you try.  Come join us!