From their FAQ - Aiming low is the best way to succeed. With entry-level novel writing, shooting for the moon is the surest way to get nowhere. With high expectations, everything you write will sound cheesy and awkward. Once you start evaluating your story in terms of word count, you take that pressure off yourself. And you'll start surprising yourself with a great bit of dialogue here and a ingenious plot twist there. Characters will start doing things you never expected, taking the story places you'd never imagined. There will be much execrable prose, yes. But amidst the crap, there will be beauty. A lot of it.
Did you know there is a group in Vancouver that writes novels in a weekend? Yes, and they are fools. Everyone knows that any deep and lasting work of art takes an entire month to make
Such insanity is to be encouraged - and rewarded. If I make it through next week, I can do anything! So can you!
Yes, I knew that... a group of friends who were in a writing circle used to enter it every year. Produced some good stuff too! I don't think I'll ever be good (quick) enough to enter myself....
I'll check it out. With our rehearsal schedule, I'm not sure November is the time to try. But I just might...
Okay, I'm in. Now what the heck am I going to write about?