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# Nanowrimo
- URL: https://werd.io/nanowrimo/
- Published: 2006-11-01T14:52:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:01:11.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

Today is the first day of [National Novel Writing Month](http://www.nanowrimo.org/), a terrifying exercise where thousands of would-be writers attempt to write a complete novel during November. It rarely works out for me - although my great life aspiration is to be a novelist, I have a nasty habit of going back and destroying everything I write - but most years I at least give it a go. My record is 15,000 words. Pathetic, I know; hardly a short story, let alone a novel.

Still, today [my cousin Sarah](http://writergrl.livejournal.com/), a bona fide novelist who [writes things](http://sarahdessen.com/) and wins awards and stuff, [has sent me hope](http://writergrl.livejournal.com/342382.html) in the form of [John Green's NAtional Finish A Draft Of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come On Month](http://www.sparksflyup.com/2006/10/nafadoybimscom-it-begins.php). This is something I can get behind.

Because of what I do for a living, I find it enormously difficult to write anything creative on the computer. I've therefore got a great big notebook and my fountain pen (a Parker; I have fierce brand loyalty) up in Edinburgh with me, and intend to scrawl like some kind of sub-literary demon. I'll let you know how I get on.