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I’m Crazy… It May Be Official

October5

NaNoWriMo Long Yeah, I may have finally snapped. If you’ll notice, I don’t post nearly as often as I said I was going to. This is on account of a new job, which I love btw. Still currently working the other job too… which adds up to more hours than the normal person works. Now add in the mini-clone, and the fact that the mini-clone is now in ballet once a week. On top of all this, I’ve been going to the gym regularly 4-5 times a week after work.

So what makes me utterly certifiable? Well… I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year! For those not “in the know”…

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30…

Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It’s all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that’s a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.

Sounds awesome eh? I know… I know.

So what am I going to work on? Largely top secret teehee. It’s an idea my Dad and I have been tossing back and forth for a while. Make no mistake, it’s his plot, etc etc etc. But we decided to co-write it, as what I fail for in plot-creation I make up for in some moderate writing ability. Between the two of us we’ve come up with some neat characters and an interesting plot (I hope).

So that is what I shall be disappearing to next month. You up for the challenge? Sign up and then become my Writing Buddy! Or just want to keep track of my progress? I’ll try and post updates here, or you can take a peek at my NaNoWriMo profile!

posted under NaNoWriMo, Personal

One Comment to

“I’m Crazy… It May Be Official”

October 5th, 2009 at 3:51 am Robyn Says:
Ooooh, exciting! I’m thinking of doing NaNoWriMo this year too – haven’t done it before. But it seems I’m much more swamped with school stuff than I’d imagined. I haven’t even thought of a story yet! :O

Hmmmm. I’ll hopefully be able to come up with something over my two week half-terms hols that’s starting after this week. We’ll see. But good luck to you and your dad!