For NaNo Participants...

Although I will not be "officially" participating in NaNoWriMo this November, I wanted to extend a few words to those who are.

First and foremost, you have my admiration for undertaking this challenge.  I wish you success and will be cheering you along from the sidelines.

Secondly, I wrote this post to provide a little encouragement for each day of the challenge.  I hope it is of benefit.

30 Thoughts for 30 Days

1. A prerequisite of success is believing that you will succeed.
2. Only you can project your imagination's content into mine.
3. You owe it to yourself to prove to yourself that you can do it.
4. The knowledge and experience you gain from this endeavor can be gained no other way.
5. A prolific writer prioritizes writing time.
6. The words you write today may well be someone's inspiration tomorrow.
7. Remember Dune. Fear is the mind killer. Accomplishments breed confidence.
8. This is your story.  Only you can do it justice. 
9. Foster creativity and determination in equal measure.
10. Every word you write is an investment. It's one word closer to finishing the book and to publication. Even words you cut are a learning experience.
11. Your strength as a storyteller builds with every word you write.
12. Discover when you're most productive and make that time available.
13. Spend time with those things (or people) that inspire you.
14. Put away your thesaurus until December.
15. Measure your success by courage and effort, not distance.
16. Achievement without challenge is hollow.
17. Self-discipline is the result of self-determination.
18. A writer's mettle is revealed when the goal seems unattainable.
19. Someone, somewhere, sometime will enjoy the words you're about to write.
20. Inspiration grows best in the soil of desire and determination.
21. Create your world so readers can vacation there.
22. Don't berate yourself for falling.  Falling is acceptable.  Refusing to get back up isn't.
23. Progress (and a novel) is made one word at a time.
24. Words have power. When written, that power is eternal.
25. The only time an effort truly fails is when the effort was never made.
26. Your future is determined by the dreams you choose to pursue.
27. Create now.  Edit later.
28. Accepting this challenge was a choice. Completing it is also.
29. Reward yourself for your accomplishments. You've earned it.
30. Wonderful things begin when writers make it to "The End."

Additionally, I've linked a few of my previous posts that may encourage or aid you in this challenging endeavor.

• How to Train Your Muse
• Thus Saith the Muse  (particularly commandments 1, 2 and 10)
• You Might Be a Muse Abuser If...
• To Blazes With the Formula
• Curse of the Time-Starved Writer

I invite everyone, NaNo participants or not, to add their own words of encouragement to those brave writers rising to this challenge.