NaNoWriMo21

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National Novel Writing Month is underway. The goal is to hit 50k words by the end of November, and that means shooting for around 1600 each day. Well, I threw down 1730 this morning on my project, all before 8am. So, it's a good start, yes, and we'll see if I can continue it. 

Dana Anderson - a colleague & friend - and I did NaNoWriMo in 2017; that's when I purchased my gold MacBook as an incentive, and that laptop is still working just fine. I published the book I created back then (on Amazon), and Dana is still tinkering with hers. I think she's attempting NaNoWriMo again with me this year, but she's got a different project in mind. 

I think teachers of writing should definitely write (even if they don't publish) in order to show their students the importance of WRITING PRACTICE.

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