Tuesday, October 28, 2008

InaDWriMo


Via. In the spirit of National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, November is also evidently International Academic Writing Month, InaDWriMo. Who knew! Although I can't quite decide how to pronounce the acronym -- is it In-aD-Wri-Mo, or Ina-D-Wri-Mo, or just I-D-Wri-Mo? Whatever it's called, though, it's brilliant!

The LumpenProf has a book project sitting in front of him, but I haven't been able to make myself start writing on it in earnest. This is just what I need to force myself to dive in. I have a sabbatical coming up in the spring. After fourteen years of continuous teaching, this will be my very first sabbatical ever. Evidently, I must have misplaced one somewhere along the way. My fondest hopes for the sabbatical are that I will 1.) heal my post-traumatic stress wounds from tenure; 2.) get buff and tan; and 3.) finish a book manuscript. None of these are terribly likely, but I would like to give them each my best shot.

I'm setting my writing goal for the month of November at 10,000 words and I'm declaring it here publicly and posting a word meter over on the right to help me not wimp out. Encouragement and/or derision, as appropriate, from this blog's visitors throughout the month will be greatly appreciated.

4 comments:

  1. So, do you want us to start off with some encouragement or some derision?

    And where is the "buff-o-meter" on the blog?

    And finally, I like Inna-dry-mo, which for some reason sounds like an actual word to me.

    PS want to send out all my job applications for me?

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  2. Last year I was afraid to join but I'm joining now.

    Every day I will say: NO, every word I could write to help us reform the M.A. program and thus satisfy eager assistant professors would be better written in my book mss. We all know it is true.

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  3. Rest your head
    You worry too much
    It's going to be alright
    When times get rough
    You can fall back on us
    Don't give up
    Please don't give up

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  4. Sisyphus, I like the sound of Inna-dry-mo. I can actually pronounce that one. I have no idea why, but having a sonorous name for the event helps motivate me. As for the buff-o-meter, I'll start looking for a widget...

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