[quote="Tdarcos"]I just don't see why bothering, why go to that much effort unless it could be published?[/quote]

Why don't we ask Jonsey why he would make a game, if he never expects it to be published?

[quote="Flack"]I've tried it twice and never finished, but it's still fun to do. [/quote]

I considered it once or twice, but considering I already have 2 1/2 books that nobody else reads, why bother with another? ([i]In the Matter of: The Gatekeeper: The Gate Contracts[/i], finished at about 375 pages; [i]In the Matter of: Instrument of God[/i], finished at about 750 pages; [i]In the Matter of: Willis and Friends[/i], not finished, about 125 pages.)

I took one page from my story [i]Willis and Friends[/i] which was basically full, and got 739 words. That means to do a 50,000 word novel requires about 68 pages. This is an average of just a bit over two a day and would be doable.

I just don't see why bothering, why go to that much effort unless it could be published? Problem is, it's a huge Catch-22: agents don't want to bother with unsigned/unpublished authors, publishers don't want to bother with unagented authors.

It's that time again. If you've never tried it before, NaNoWriMo stands for National November Writing Month. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days (that's 1,667 words a day).

I've tried it twice and never finished, but it's still fun to do. I wish I had the time this year, but with moving and unpacking and all that good stuff, I just don't see having the time to participate this year. Good luck to anyone who tries!

http://www.nanowrimo.org