Having a go at NaNoWriMo. what is it ? In short: writing a novel in 30 days (november). 50000 words minimum, which means about 175 pages. 1667 words/day.

The idea is not to write a good novel, nor even a readable novel – just to do it, no revisions, no editing, just writing until you get there. As they phrase it in the pitch: “to transform you from an aspiring author into a perspiring author”.

I like the concept – the fact of being part of the 100000 or so people who do it, and to update your daily word counter, is an incentive. I’m not really an aspiring author, but I’ve always fancied writing a book someday. This could give me an idea of the word involved, or whether I have it in me at all.

On the downside, I do have enough comitments to make it difficult – a full-time job, FOSDEM, some open source ideas, etc. We’ll see. Nothing rides on it, except a little bit of pride.

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