By Terry Misfeldt

Considering participating in the effort to write a novel in the month of November?

It is a monumental task if you think of a 90,000 word novel. That’s 3,000 words a day during the 30 days of November!

Doable? Yes!

The first step, in my opinion, is to get an early start during October. Sit at your keyboard and time how long it takes you to craft 1,000 words. If that takes 1/2 hour, you need to dedicate an hour and a half each day to crank out 3,000 words. Allowing for creative thinking time, if 1,000 words takes an hour to generate, now you are up to three hours a day.

When is the best time of day for you to write? Early morning after that 1st cup of coffee and before the day kicks into high gear? Later in the evening as you start winding down?

Think about when you will have the time to best dedicate to get the words out. Set the goal and stick to it, allowing some down time to refresh and renew the commitment.

Generating 1,000 words a day is a good objective for us as writers. It can be done!