Yet Another Writing Challenge

Two years ago, my pal John convinced me to do Nanowrimo, a month long challenge that was supposed to ultimately result in a 50,000 word novel, written by me. The few of us who bought into the idea probably accomplished a collective total of 10,000 words. Our respective novels were all failures.

Today, I managed to allow John to talk me into participating in a 30-day blogging challenge. For a fraction of a second, I hesitated, recalling the lack of follow-through with Nanowrimo. After that brief moment though, I concluded that I had nothing to lose. What the heck? It took me less than a minute to decide and sign up.

I am going to maintain a positive attitude that I'll get through this challenge satisfactorily. One of the obvious differences between Nanowrimo and the 30-day blogging challenge is simply the subject matter. With Nanowrimo I was restricted to writing a story that I had not even fully laid out in my head, the character profiles and plot having to be completely spontaneous and rich with description. Shoot, I only know so many adjectives, and the thesaurus is exhausting. At least with daily blogs, I can simply pull thoughts out of my ass, figuratively speaking.

Cheers, bloggers! The next 30 days will be interesting.