50,000 words: this is the magic number which by technicality, separates the novel from the novella.
Closing in on a nearly 8 month hiatus, the HUP! blog is alive again, spurred on by the ingenious incentive of National Novel Writing Month or NANOWRIMO. The task is simple, and the appeal of committing just a small portion of time for 30 days straight in order to complete my first novel seems simple enough. 1,666 words a day.
What's it about?
This author has a few ideas in mind, as well as a unifying theme. However, it would be unwise to uncover this, as things are sure to change. Clearly the research will not be as extensive as a proper novel, however, the simple act of putting pen to paper, or in this case, fingers to keyboard, is a poetic justification in itself.
Certain events are said to change lives. I believe that completing a novel is such an event.
With that said, let us begin the countdown to November 2011's NaNoWriMo. 54 minutes remaining. Good luck, fellow competitors.