The Joys and Sorrows of Novel-writing...Well, Mostly the Joys.

By the way, A little Heads Up. November is National Novel Writing Month.
the goal is to get 50,000 words written in a month. Now, think about it, 200 pages in a months time, "50,000!!!" you say, "that's impossible!"
But its not. I didn't win last year, but that was because I started a new story on the first of november when I read about it, and had no thoughts as to where it would go. I ended with I think, 11,900 or something.
but if you have a story in mind, writing 50,000 words in a month is a great way to kickstart the process. In fact, Im going to be counting the words I edit in november as my Nanowrimo, which is kinda cheating, but not really. May is National Novel Editing Month, so don't worry about it being good.
"Now," you ask, "Why would I want to participate in some crackpot internet contest?"
I'll tell you. there were over 25,000 participants last year all browsing forums. forums where people ask silly questions that you can't find except through interview of a specific person, like What kind of shoes do mailmen wear? What is the airspeed velocity of a laden swallow? How often do flintlock pistols misfire? What is the Blast radius of a common frag grenade? What does the door open sound sound like in a bmw? What color are human entrails? what is the standard first step on an autopsy? What's the best kind of steel for a sword? how often do tightropes break?
stuff like that, and someone out there knows. someone out there, browsing the forums on Nanowrimo.org.
Look for it coming up in november, and, as a bonus, the forums are open all year round, with at least 20 people browsing the forums at any given time after November is over.
plus, if you donate, half the proceeds go to building libraries in empoverished countries.
So there. Write your damn thing, or at least go to the site and look around, you don't have to sign up to read, and its free if you do sign up...so...
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?????