National Novel Writing Month or put your fingers to keys and don’t look up until you are done.  I have written about creating… children creating, adults creating.  I believe in dancing with your dragons and flying with your fairies.

Now, I am going to do it!  Yes, I am.

I signed as a member of NaNoWriMo today.  I am putting myself out there for public humiliation if I do not finish. 

National Novel Writing Month is just that.  Everyone participating starts November 1^st and attempts to complete a novel or 50,000 words written by November 30th.  Setting limits on yourself and announcing them publicly aids the creative process by causing you to actually participate IN the creative process.  It is after all, a process, not an end destination.  Participation is necessary rather than mere spectatorship.

I came to the discovery this past week that whatever else I proclaim myself to be; I am ultimately a story teller, a teller of tales.  Even as an architect, I am merely helping my clients realize their story of how they want to live, work, play, and worship.  As an architect, I tell these stories in concrete.

In NanoWriMo I will tell these stories in words.  Join me if you dare!