a novel in a month?

My friend Gwen got this kit for Christmas from her husband. It's called the "No Plot? No Problem!" novel writing kit, and honestly, it looks as cheesy as it sounds. It basically challenges the receiver (or buyer) of the kit to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. It comes with an affidavit that you sign, committing to the project, a progress chart (complete with gold stars, which, i have to admit, i got pretty excited about), coupons to have your friends/family/significant others fill out for you to promise to do nasty disgusting things if you don't meet your word count, inspirational read-one-a-day cards, and the like. And like i said, it looks cheesy. but here's the thing: it works. or, at least it did for Gwen. She wrote her first novel in a month, January of this year to be exact, and when i went to visit her and her husband in March, she handed me all 175 pages of it and said, "we're all going to do this."

And now we are.

Six writers. Six novels. 31 days. 50,000 words each. 300,000 words total.

We begin at 12:01 AM October 1. We end at midnight October 31. Our goal is to each have a completed or mostly completed novel that equals 50,000 words or more. It's daunting, to say the least. I haven't written more than a couple of poems in the last three years. but i'm up to the challenge. if nothing else, my pride will see to it that i finish.

anybody have any nasty disgusting things they want me to commit to do if i don't meet my word count?