It’s that time of year again. Romance Writers of Australia is running a Nanowrimo-style event in June. The general target is to write 50,000 words in 30 days though many people take on different challenges – writing 30,000 or 35,000 or editing a book or two, etc.
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I’ve decided to participate to complete (I originally wrote “to try to complete” but that’s just inviting failture) the first draft of my second book which is set in a post-Apocalyptic world. I’m up to 46,000 words now.
My goal is to get the first draft finished by the end of June which I think will take another 30,000 words or so. It’s a bit meandering at the moment, needs a lot of tightening up, but I think the base is reasonably solid. The polishing will come later. For now, getting the first draft done is the important thing.
So, tomorrow I start. Or rather, continue. But with conviction. Even though I think I only need another 30,000 I’m going to set my target as 50,000 just so I have a good, challenging goal that prompts me to write every day.
There we go. Who else wants to join me in this?
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