I have just discovered this and have signed up to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1st and 30th. Just to make sure I don’t have any spare time in November. 21 individuals signed up in 1999. In 2004 it was 42,000 of which 6,000 completed the word count by the deadline. So far 49,419 have signed up for this year. In the last couple of years it has produced about 5 published books.
The time constraint is a good excuse to not worry over much about the literary merit or quality of the writing and may be a good way to overcome writer’s block. A 2000 words a day schedule should keep it churning out OK. As it says in the blurb on the site, it is not about quality; its all about quantity.
There’s probably worse things I could waste my time on. http://www.nanowrimo.org/
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