Diving into the Writing Cave

Someone asked me if I was going to participate in Nanowrimo this year. I have a soft spot in my heart for the event- It's a month long challenge to write a story, 50K, during the month of November. I took part for the first time back in 2007, and it was the catalyst to my writing career. Really.

But I doubt I'll take part this year. I've already learned some of the lessons Nano teaches. Like turn off the inner editor- you want a story first, edit it to make it pretty later. And the lesson of '...