For the past four or five years, I’ve wanted to join with other writers in the National Novel Writing Month contest, but I’ve always had other writing commitments.  This year, I’m just as busy, but I really want to try out this method of writing.

I have a tendency to be a perfectionist and I’m often unable to put away my internal editor while in composition mode.  The rules of the National Novel Writing Month contest, or NANOWRIMO, force a short deadline, and a wordcount upon you as an author.  You don’t have time to edit.  You only have time to compose.

I’ve never tried this method before, and I like to stretch myself and grow as a writer.  So, this year, I’ve signed up.  Fifty-thousand words by the end of November or bust.