http://www.nanowrimo.org
It's the National Novel Writing Month! Basically what happens is that during the month of November, thousands of people all over the world try to kick themselves in the butt and write a 50,000 word novel! It's all about quantity, not quality, but it's a great way to kick-start yourself into writing if you keep thinking, "Hmm, I really wish I could write something..." but never actually do it. The only rules are that your NaNoWriMo novel can only be written during the month of November, and you can't have multiple people working on the same novel. Other than that, it looks like a lot of fun. So give it a look.
Nobody ever has to read what you write, so it's no big deal if it seems really bad to you. It's more of an "achieving your goals" sort of thing than anything else.
but i really do need a goal...like, I've gotten started writing alot of books but never finish them because I have no goal, or date for it to be finished! maybe I'll give it a shot.
