I used to enjoy writing at school, however I haven't really done much since then, which is probably because every time I do start to write something I hear a little voice inside my head saying "this is shit", and more often than not the voice is right. Incidentally, I just heard my next-door neighbour through the wall yawn loudly, it's as if he can read what I'm typing right now! And another thing, one time I was walking in the park when suddenly a squirrel looked at me funny, so right there and then I vowed never to play the piano again. Neighbour yawned again.
So, here's what got me onto the subject of writing, this website: NaNoWriMo
The blurb:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
You know I think I might give it a go, anyone else fancy writing a bloody great stinking novel in a month? You can register on the website and get involved properly (which I can't really be bothered with to be honest) or you can just take away the basic concept: starting on the 1st of November, you will write an entire novel by the end of the month.
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