Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Nanowrimo

I attempted nanowrimo last year and failed miserably, clocking in barely 2000 words.  Somewhere around the second week, I decided that I'm not meant to write 50,000 words in a month because I'm deliberate (I refuse to concede that I'm slow).  But that excuse seems rather pale, so I figured I might as well give it another shot.

This year, instead of forcing myself to work on the novel I feel like I should work on, I'm working on the one I want to work on.  The one I keep getting ideas for even though it's kind of more of a silly/fun thing.  And I'll be more prepared this time.  I have one big Circa notebook dedicated to this.  I put notes, worksheets, and existing parts in the notebook along with plenty of clean paper.  At the moment, I'm reading over the parts I've written and making notes on them.  Next, I'll be supplying myself with a few visual aids to help out.  The main things will be floor plans for all of the important rooms and homes, etc.  For some reason with this one, I'm having a really hard time visualizing the settings.  Hopefully this will help.

Right now everything is looking like this:

and this:

In any case, kids, Happy Nano.

For once I'm going to attempt to document this process just because... well... I'm not sure why.  Just seems like the thing to do.

3 comments:

  1. This post will surely help you to continue the good work, as you told the world about it ...
    One question; what does Nanowrimo mean?

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  2. Nanowrimo basically means "National Novel Writing Month." In the US, apparently November is the month for it. :^) Website: www.nanowrimo.org

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  3. This is great! With November only 3 days away, it's very helpful to have notes and plans to springboard from. I'm Maxie on Nano if u wanna buddy up. I look forward to reading about your journey!

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