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I think... I think... I think I must be crazy. Honestly. What on earth could have prompted me to do such a thing? Especially on the spur of the moment? I don't know. We don't ask those kinds of questions. We just go with the flow.

Cindy keeps talking about taking risks as an artist. Just get in there and do something. Take care of the quantity, let God take care of the quality. Take risks. If you don't just do, you'll never get to a place where you're making art. It's about playing and having fun--art is the process, not the destination.

So I've been hearing that in my tutorial class for the past 2 months, and it's been sinking it, I guess. I just didn't realize how much until today.

I just signed up for NaNoWriMo. Or, for the uninitiated (as I was until about 3 hours ago), National Novel Writing Month. Yes, I'm committing to write a 50,000-word novel by November 30. I start on Friday.

I have no plot. I have no characters. I have no idea what shape this is going to take, but I'm excited for it nonetheless. I think it'll be fun... definitely a challenge, and I don't know if I'll finish it, but it'll be fun. And I'm not going to self-defeat before I ever get started!

So, here we go. You should go check it out. Just for fun. Maybe you'll get hooked along with me!
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