And so it begins...

Year 3.

The first year I was so excited I mapped out a game plan. I lasted 5 days.
Last year I downloaded software, joined a group and religiously read the inspirational and helpful e-mails that popped in my e-mail inbox. I lasted about a week and a half.
This year I'm going for the gusto. No preparations. I'm going to just go for it and don't psych myself out.

What is this goal I'm going for, you ask? Today officially beings National Novel Writing Month. November is the day when hundreds (probably thousands) of us get together, stretch our fingers out and write. That's all write. We'll write for 30 days, from November 1 - November 30. The goal is to pen a novel (doesn't have to be good, organized, hell even grammatically correct) of 50,000 words in 30 days. It's an exercise, not only in writing but of endurance and discipline.

I will admit it now, I reeeeeally lack discipline. I try, all the time, but it's hard for me to stay the course in many things I do. Too many distractions. I make distractions, heck, I create, invent and fabricate distractions. In fact -- wait, what's that on the floor? Hold on -- oh, anyway, like I was saying, in fact, I probably have become distracted about 5 times while writing this blog post.

So my lack of discipline plus my 7 years of mental writers block (I used to be great at writing. I would write novels over weekends, now...I can barely write my political science 3 page essays without taking 7 full days, plus my lack of discipline will be the demise of this exercise unless I for once control my destiny.

This is what this blog is for. I refuse to embarrass myself but putting all of this out there, and by day 3 I'm done with nanowrimo. I will post on this blog every time I finish a block of writing. I won't post the writing (if you want to read it e-mail me and I may, just may, let you be my beta reader), but I will post thoughts, congratulate myself, and whatever else I want.

So here I go 50,000 words in 30 days. It can be done.

(Too bad I can't count this post as part of the words).