lettersandlight:

Would you believe that out of all the times I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo, I’ve never won once? I know I have a novel in me, but I’ve never had quite the stamina to make it to 50,000 words. Every October, I have new resolve. I say, “This year will be the year!”

And then around the middle of November, Derek Zoolander of the Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good always seems to be leering over my shoulder, saying, “What is this! A novel for ants?” I watch my word count level out, failing to meet the new goal each day.

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A quote from the bottom particularly catches my eye:

Being a fairly non-competitive person, I tend to need some kind of intrinsic motivation when it comes to NaNo, and I think it’s awesome that for a month I get to become that person that eats, sleeps, and breathes a novel.

I love this idea of Nanowrimo, not as an ordeal but as permission, as a way to connect with that part of you that is a storyteller and have a large scale group that supports your desire to be that way. I think I need to add it to the list of the reasons I think you (yes, you) should Nanowrimo. Because when it is all said and done that connection is so uplifting, especially if you are already one of those people who lives inside a story.