{"id":5718,"date":"2017-11-02T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=5718"},"modified":"2017-10-31T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T23:15:12","slug":"nablopomo-what-the-heck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/02\/nablopomo-what-the-heck\/","title":{"rendered":"NaBloPoMo? What the heck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5719\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5719\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/writing_1509491593.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/Free-Photos\/\">Free-Photos<\/a> \/ Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Years ago, I was really into NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month.\u00a0 The basic premise is that you write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not supposed to be good (though apparently some people have gone on to get theirs published, <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/53481\/14-published-novels-written-during-nanowrimo\">to great acclaim<\/a>.\u00a0 That was never my goal. It was more about the opportunity to be creative and write more.<\/p>\n<p>I completed it one year, and never really found the drive to do it again.\u00a0 A bit part of that is just the lack of time.\u00a0 With work and training and life, it just wasn&#8217;t a priority.\u00a0 But I do like writing (otherwise I wouldn&#8217;t write a blog, now, would I?).\u00a0 So I thought I might take up NaBloPoMo &#8211; National Blog Post Month.\u00a0 Yes, it&#8217;s a stupid name, but it&#8217;s the same general idea as NaNoWriMo, in that I&#8217;m going to try to put up a post every day of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: I will fail.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve not been as great about my posting lately, and my training has also been off lately.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure which is the cause and which is the effect, but if I recommit to both, I should find great success, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well, we&#8217;ll see. Does anyone want to join me in this endeavor?\u00a0 Yes, I know it&#8217;s already November second, but hey, no one&#8217;s perfect.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve got a dusty old blog, brush off the cobwebs and put out a post or two.\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to see more of my friends writing again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I was really into NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month.\u00a0 The basic premise is that you write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not supposed to be good (though apparently some people have gone on to get theirs published, to great acclaim.\u00a0 That was never my goal. 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