Short update of my life: living semi-independently on a college campus is amazing. Why didn't I do this before?

I'm participating in NaNoWriMo, which is short for National Novel Writing Month. It's a challenge to write a 50,000 word short novel in the month of November. I'm doing it purely for the fun and sake of doing it. To complete it, you have to average 1,667 words a day, and I've been keeping with that, and have written 6,700 words so far.

I have never written anything longer than 9 pages, and that was an extreme exception to the rule. I've never felt I could develop an idea or plot or characters, but I think I'm doing it. Sure, I don't plan on being a professional writer, which is all the more reason to do it. Whether it's the best short novel ever written or a complete piece of crap doesn't matter to me.

Still, I plan on participating in NaNoEdMo (National Novel Ending Month) in March, where the idea is to spend about 90 hours in the month to edit what you've written in November. I don't think I'll adhere strictly to the goal of 90 hours, but I'll be glad to revise everything.

What this means: either in December or April, there will be a shitload of submissions. That is, if I complete this thing. It depends on if I still like the idea by the middle of the month, and if not, then it was a good run. If I do comlete, I might attempt to do some work on it in the latter half of November and the first half of December and start editing it. Who knows?

I hope I can complete this thing.