I have heard about this and it has always caught my attention. This November is National Novel Writing Month (abbreviated NaNoWriMo) The “What is” page showed me how this is an exercise in developing my voice as an author, it gives me permission to make mistakes, to “build without tearing down.”

I added a new goal called “Finish NaNoWriMo” – this means that I am going to write a 50,000 word piece of fiction over 30 days (including Thanksgiving!). You can follow my progress at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/532428