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National Novel Writing Month is in November. Should I sign myself up?
Pros: I’ve got a topic (though not a full-fledged plot) that’s still just as interesting to me as it was when I started kicking it around a year ago. I’ve always (always!) wanted to write a novel. I’m getting a handle on my daily schedule, and the Poetry Out Loud contest that I’m sponsoring has been pushed back to January to work better with teachers’ schedules. I find myself spending free periods goofing off online again–I could just as easily be writing. I’ll have Thanksgiving Break (briefly!). I could always not sign up with the website and cut my personal writing goal in half–25,000 words rather than 50,000 words. My doing it might encourage the students to do it with me, which would be great press for the school, etc. And as they say–if not now, when?
Cons: Seriously, what am I thinking? Why do I think it’s a good idea to add another immensely time-consuming thing to an already-consumed schedule? I have no time! I also have no real plot.
Decisions, decisions.
