Writing

I just recently joined a competition on a site called Movellas.com and essentially it is a about writing a novel. Rather than actually aiming to win and get a novel published I just want to be able to reach the word limit of 40,000 to 60,000 words.

I have had a story idea stuck in my head for years and I think it would be great if I could finally get it down on paper. I have participated in previous challenges such as NaNoWriMo which is where you try to write 50,000 words in a month and through that experience I have found out several things.
1. I should finish writing the story before I edit
2. I should pace myself and write no more that 5,000 words a day
3. And I should always end on a 'to be continued' note

Mostly so I don't get bored of writing, personally I find this rather exciting and I have reached 1,050 words. Just 39,000 ish to write before May the 6th.

I think it took a sick day at home to actually make me start writing, boredom is a great motivator.

Joy,
Dorcha