This is the National Novel Writing Month site which encourages buffoons like myself (and some talented people too) to write a 50,000 word novel in the space of a month. Quality is not the aim, but the more noble and artistic pursuit of sheer quantity. It is all explained on the site and I challenge any readers of this post to have a go. I may publish some of the excerpts from my novel on the site, but I’ll see how crap it is first and make a decision on that basis. Jess sent me the link to the site and I immediately wanted to have a go. It should be a laugh and I’ve always wanted to write a novel!