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It's November 1, which means a few hundred people in the Tulsa area -- and thousands more around the world -- have begun the 30-day committment that is National Novel Writing Month.
Started in 1999 by Chris Baty, the idea is for people to write a certain number of words of a novel within a given time frame. Baty and friends decided the goal would be to reach the 50,000-word limit in the 30 days that November hath.
The first NaNoWriMo, as it's come to be called, attracted only a score of participants -- all of them Baty's friends. Last year's 10th anniversary NaNoWriMo attracted some 167,150 writers, 32,178 of whom officially achieved the goal of writing 50,000 words.
The key is simply that -- words. The purpose of NaNoWriMo isn't necessarily to produce great literature, or even a completed, halfway decent novel. It is to get people into the practice of spending some time every day writing, so that they realize either that writing is something they were meant to do, or make them understand that perhaps not everyone has a book in them.
And it's not simply fiction wannabees who take part in NaNoWriMo. Sara Gruen began what became the best-selling novel "Water for Elephants" as part of NaNoWrimo.
So, to all those taking part in this year's NaNoWriMo, happy typing.
As for me -- 1,128 and counting.
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