1st November marked the start of this year's "NaNoWriMo", National Novel Writing Month. The goal for participants is to write a 50,000 word (approximately 175 page) novel within 30 days.

Have you ever thought about writing a novel but you have hesitated because of the time and effort involved? NaNoWriMo might be the just what you need.

NaNoWriMo values enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft. Because of the limited timeframe, what matters is output - quantity, not quality. It's all about getting you to lower expectations, take some risks, and write on the fly.

As explained at the NaNoWriMo site, "By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down."

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I guess you would love to receive a check for a thousand bucks. You're not the only one. An exciting challenge for freelance writers is to break in to high-paying writing markets. I'm not talking about all the magazines that pay twenty or thirty cents per word. I'm talking about publications that pay a dollar per word and more.

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