In ten days I will begin writing my first novel. I just made that decision tonight when I came across a friends blog post talking about how she was going to give the National Novel Writing Month challenge another go. Being me, I clicked on over and found an awesome challenge that is pretty intense! Since I am of the impulsive variety of human personality I immediately signed up and blogged about it on my blog. While doing all of this I was convinced that this would be awesome and it was just what I needed to keep my mind active. Plus, this challenge will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered if they could write a book. I know I have wondered if I can do it and it seems there’s no better time than now to find out!

My euphoria lasted all of an hour before I realized I only had ten days to come up with a title, plot and general idea of what I want to write about. Hold the phone! Ten days? It used to take me weeks just to pick a topic to write about in college. Suddenly, I was thrown back into time and experienced that panic you get when you realize you forgot to write a paper and it’s due tomorrow! After twenty seconds of trying not to hyperventilate I reminded myself I am not in college anymore and I’m doing this for fun. Just to see if I can. Was there ever a better reason for trying something?

So, I would like to encourage all those dreaming of writing to look into NaNoWriMo and consider taking the plunge! After all there is nothing to lose and if you complete the challenge you can say you wrote a novel. Crossing off bucket lists anyone? Join me on my adventure in writing 50,000 word in one month by visiting NaNoWriMo and spreading the word!