"Special Education"

My first work is from a separate blog that I started in July of 2008. It is my attempt at something called NaNoWriMo. If you don't know, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. Normally held in November, I decided, along with my sister, that November was not a good month for us that year. We decided, instead, that July was a more appropriate, and on July 1st we began writing.

The goal of NaNoWriMo, as their website indicates, is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That's approximately 1,666 words a day (for comparison purposes, this post along with the previous post equals about 470 words and is about one, single spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font Word page). The idea is to simply plow through the initial writing process.

At times the work got away from me and I lost control over the actions of the characters (hence the cautionary Adult Content warning) but overall it was an enjoyable experience. You can read some of my reactions to the work in the blog's last entry, titled 'Author's Statement'.