Writing While Distracted

For those of you who don't know, November is National Novel Writing Month. I will be attempting the most ridiculous act of schedule juggling ever by partaking in this year's event. The reason it is a crazy endeavor is because my wife and I are expecting our first child within the next week. This means that I will be attempting to write a 50,000 word novel while dealing with all the things that come with a new baby in the house. To make it even more stressful, I've never done this before. (The baby part, I've done NaNoWriMo in the past.)

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is more or less a month long writing exercise aimed at teaching yourself to write no matter what. I have to say that I've learned a lot from it in the past. I think that some good writing comes out of it, too. It is by no means all good writing, in fact, I'd call some of it downright terrible. However, there are a few gems that come out of it. If you fancy a challenge and find your own writing getting stale or even if you aren't a writer but want to give it a shot, head on over to the website and check it out.

I don't know if I'll hit the 50,000 word mark this year, but I'll give it a shot. Since I've been known to write up to 10,000 words in a single sitting, it's very possible that I'll do it even under the stress of having a new baby. The results will probably be more babbling than good writing, but that isn't really the point. I write in bursts, it seems. I'm hoping that this will break me out of my latest dry spell and doesn't come with one right on its heels.

So I think the part that I'm the most curious about is whether I will hit my word goal even if it means writing incoherent babbling. I'm not intending to write about being a new dad, but that might be what comes out of it. I might be more successful that way.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see.