As is tradition, with the beginning of November comes the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, the challenge to every writer to complete a full novel in a month. No easy feat. I was enrolled in a creative writing class at Penn State the first time I heard about the occasion. One of my fellow class members asked if we were to participate as a class. I was daunted by the task at the very mention of it and terrified that my grade may be attached to such a seemingly insurmountable task. I had an awesome professor who sensed my hesitancy and encouraged me to continue regardless. Ever since, I’ve revisited the challenge most Novembers.
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I’m just going to say it right off the bat, creating habits is hard! There are so many 
Alright, ladies and gents! As you may recall, this blog’s incarnation was based on a simple challenge among friends. Well, the amazing Tiffany and I have decided — once again — following our first, let’s call it, learning experience, to challenge ourselves to write every day for 30 days. The idea behind this is to master our craft by creating a habit. As you may have noticed from the hashtag, we have altered the game to make it a little bit more manageable this time around. (Refer back to the original 