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NaNoWriMo & Midnight

Some people will start NaNoWriMo at midnight tonight. I will not stay up for those kind of shenanigans. I did write on my calendar NaNoWriMo Eve. My kids think it should say Halloween. Bah!

Here it is less than 24 hours until NaNoWriMo and I am going to be honest. I don't feel like I have 50,000 words to write. My mind is working overtime on life situations, you know that crazy phone call I got yesterday. I woke up at 6:30 AM thinking about that and not my novel. I have to change my mindset today.  Not to exclude one or the other but make allowances for both.  

I am having second thoughts, as always. The devil on my shoulder is telling me I don't have good ideas or any at all. To that I say, "HUSH!" NaNoWriMo believes everyone has a story to tell. I have to write to find that story.

I will start a novel tomorrow. I will get 50,000 words. How do I know? First drafts are for me. It will be awful, ugly and flow like a rip tide at times but I know from last year it can be done.

One day I might actually write something worthy of others valuable reading time but for now I have to at least write something.  No one can read that future novel if I don't write.  Even if I think it is bad or impossible to finish, I must keep writing.

Ready or Not, NaNoWriMo is coming!

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