Let NaNoWriMo Begin! For Real this time - an update
November 1, 2007 | Filed Under NaNoWriMo | 8 Comments
UPDATED POST on 11/18/07 Please, read.
Updated word count, 11/19/07: 4207
Sticky Post, scroll down to read my poetry.
UPDATE: I just couldn’t get into this, 2808 words and I was struggling, not even bothering after a while, and we all know I am not at a loss for words. Today, Paul at Write Stuff asked a question of us all. That simple question brought me back into NaNoWriMo’s fold.
Last year I was so excited, this year I was for the first few pages only. It clicked today, I was writing the wrong story, I wanted to be writing a story about The Observer, a character I had introduced in my first NaNoWriMo attempt last year. And, I wanted to be writing like I usually do, by the seat of my pants, in whatever order the characters chose to reveal their scenes. Instead I was trying to write chronologically - so not me. I also thought I was writing the wrong story as well, but…
Yep, it is about Jake, too. The two stories were meant to be woven together, and hours after increasing my word count for the first time in a week, as I typed a comment to Paul’s post, I realized how I was tying them together… I’m back, or rather my excitement level is back, I am free falling again, and I know that net is there waiting to catch me - and my characters. I only need to write 46,339 words between now and early November 30th to say I “won” NaNoWriMo again. That’s only just over 2100 per day… OOPS.
Let’s try that math again: 12 days to write 46, 339 more words… Uhm, make that just over 3861 words per day…. I can do it…. my poetry may be ignored, Leon may have to study alone….
My original first paragraph:
“Head in shaking hand, heart on shredded sleeve, mind tumbling like an uneven load in a commercial dryer at a laundromat painted in both office beige and graffiti as worn as tattoos done by a 14 year old with needle and ink: that pretty well described Jake tonight. I have to admit, I am quite proud of that description. He, Jake, I mean, would be totally offended. Too bad, Jake, if the shoe fits….”
You all know I never plan it out. I was panicking this time that my muse would let me down… Well, it didn’t…. that was so much fun to type… I wonder where on earth this will take me? I know beans are in the future.
I’m satisfied now, I can sleep.
You did sign up, right?
October 2, 2007 | Filed Under Linked, NaNoWriMo | 1 Comment
I did and am so excited!
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September 30, 2007 | Filed Under Make the world better, NaNoWriMo | 2 Comments
Evening, Pacific time, whatever that means; the evening part, I mean, I know what Pacific time is, grin. I am so excited. I haven’t even worked much on the first novel I started, but I know, that when I am ready I will. That is just how I work. Today, in prep for moving, I put my printed first draft into a notebook ready for the drive to Florida. It is really more of a novella then novel, I think, who knows what it will become, I only know that it will become.
But, I cannot resist trying another one during NaNoWrimo, November 1st to November 30th. We will have arrived in South Florida, Leon will be trying to get his license details ironed out and start learning the new career. Yes, I have to learn some of what he learns to assist him, but that still leaves me plenty of hours to type away. Afterall the temps in Florida will still be too high for me, so remaining inside will make me happy>
Last year I just started writing, having no clue where I was going and words just appeared like they do with my short stories and poems; I am counting on a repeat performance; I want to feel that free fall I felt last time. The one difference between last year and this year will be notes. Last year I couldn’t remember who was who and had a brother and sister in a romantic fling, thank goodness I caught it before the whole book went somewhere it was not supposed to… not that it couldn’t have gone that way, but it is not what I had intended… I finally got a dry erase board toward the end of the 30 days and put the characters up on the board, grin…. A mess, but so much fun.
Hmm, I bet Leon will buy me a dry erase board in Florida… if he is smart he will.
All of you organized people who like to prepare, sign up tomorrow and start planning, certain notes are allowed ahead of time, others aren’t, so check the rules… and you can bet I won’t do much if any pre-planning… Not me. I think the good old subconscious, aka. Muse, prefers to remain in control. Hey, sure makes it easier on me.
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