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		<title>Motivation Pen</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest mental challenges I ever attempted was the NaNoWriMo event of 2008. Basically the idea is to come up with a novel, story or collective piece of work that totals over 50,000 words. And you need to do this in the space of a month, November. Nanowrimo National Novel Writing Month To [...]]]></description>
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One of the toughest mental challenges I ever attempted was the NaNoWriMo event of 2008. Basically the idea is to come up with a novel, story or collective piece of work that totals over 50,000 words. And you need to do this in the space of a month, November. <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">Nanowrimo National Novel Writing Month</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank"></a>To finish you need to average 1,667 words per day. Remember you need to take into account that Thanksgiving and real life eats into your writing time something fierce.</p>
<p>Last year i was writing a tale, which still isn&#8217;t finished, nor edited, but hit the 50,000 word mark and collapsed. I love the story and I&#8217;m going to need to finish and edit it. I&#8217;ve been thinking about putting last year&#8217;s work out as an audio book, it will make me finish and edit it all in one swoop, hopefully.</p>
<p>Just on typing alone thats a tall order. For someone as scatter brained as myself its a test of concentration and motivation all rolled into one. I actually did it last year, which i still can&#8217;t believe.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-494" style="margin: 5px;" title="nano_09_blk_participant_120x240.png" src="http://www.travelersmug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nano_09_blk_participant_120x240.png.png" alt="nano_09_blk_participant_120x240.png" width="120" height="240" /></a>So I&#8217;ll be doing so again this year, because i like to hurt myself, and I need to kick start myself back into productivity. Sometimes the only way to do so is to write.</p>
<p>This year i haven&#8217;t decided if I&#8217;m going to write a story of a boy and his dragon, or if i&#8217;ll try for something else. I think the dragon is winning</p>
<p>Either way it should be fun. Why don&#8217;t you give it a try as well? The website has a ton of forums and social things. I&#8217;m not so much a forum monkey any more i prefer to write and just try and get there. You might be different, and probably are</p>
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