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2.22 NaNoWriMo Prep 2018

It was a bright and sunny summer day in 2005 when my relief teacher for the advanced English class in High School held out a hand as the class were leaving the library. "Kristy, wait a moment, I need to talk to you." These words gave me pause, I mentally ran down the list of recent teen transgressions and wondered if I had been too loud or rude during class, "Yes, Ms?" "Have you heard of National Novel Writing Month ?" "No, what is that, Ms?" "It's a month where you write 50,000 words. A novel. It starts in November. I think it would be a worthy investment of your talent." Fast forward to 2018 I've been doing NaNoWriMo since 2005 without fail. Well, not entirely without fail. I've failed to finish 5 times. But I've always participated. Nano has been a worthy investment of my time and energy over the years. A worthy trial by fire, which I've found to be the only way I really learn anything at all. So h