Article Source: Miami Herald

National Novel Writing Month challenges literary wannabes to crank out 50,000 words in 30 days

It is a truism among us literary wannabes that a clean place helps you write faster. So now my room is spotless. My collection of work shirts is arranged by color. That missing argyle sock? Who’d have thought it was under my bed, along with three spoons and $2.62? I happen to be 1,667 words behind the 1,667 words I’m supposed to write today. Tomorrow, I’m supposed to have another 1,667. Inside 30 days, I’ve vowed to write a novel.

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