Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo,
National Novel Writing Month.
The goal of NaNoWriMo
is to write
a 50,000 word novel
in 30 days.
It is a great experience,
a way for building a writing business
to be less solitary,
less lonely.
The sad thing is
many would-be writers
won’t participate.
Why?
Because they feel
they can’t ‘win’,
they can’t write 50,000 words
in one month.
So they don’t even try.
I have never won NaNoWriMo.
I won’t win this year either.
(I have a 60,000 word novel to write
and I’ve already written 12,500 words.)
Those 50,000 words aren’t the true goal.
The true goal is to push ourselves to write more.
Right now,
you likely have people telling you
your business won’t be successful.
An aside: This won’t ever stop.
I have people telling me that
about my writing business
and I’ve hit the USA Today Bestseller list
TWICE.
These people will try to convince you
not to bother building businesses,
not to ‘waste’ your time by trying.
Don’t listen to them.
People are building successful businesses
every day.
You can do this.