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Last Sunday, I decided that I really am going to do NaNo this year. That's right, last Sunday the 11th. Okay, I'm nuts. But here's my thinking... I've had this story rolling around in my head since August. Characters who'd show up in my dreams, settings, ideas. I'd been taking notes. And I'm laid off. And Sunday morning I just *had* to write.
I'm over 5,000 words now, which I know is behind a lot of leaders. But it's also more than I got done the first time I did NaNo.
I'm over 5,000 words now, which I know is behind a lot of leaders. But it's also more than I got done the first time I did NaNo.
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Re: Am I nuts?
Wed, November 14, 2007 - 3:50 PMNah, not nuts at all. I know some people who finished easily by the 20th before. At a worst case, even if you don't finish, at least you'll have your characters out of your dreams and onto paper. Good luck!
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Re: Am I nuts?
Wed, November 14, 2007 - 4:14 PMNot nuts at all. I've had my plot line chosen for weeks, even character study. Guess what? I haven't started. A flying trip to care for my disabled mother, a death in the family, a big time screw up in our kitchen remodel, well you get the picture. But I will start. Ive changed my plan to write a story about my November, beginning back at the flood that began the kitchen job. It will be therapeutic if nothing else. You can do it.
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Re: Am I nuts?
Thu, November 15, 2007 - 7:21 PMYou're a little nuts, but NaNoWriMo is all about nuts :D. If you're laid off and have lots of time... you should have no trouble! It's all about finding the time, right? :) Oh, and the will. The will is what tends to bite. :)
Look at it this way... while everyone else is in the week-two and week-three doldrums, you're fresh and ready to go!
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Re: Am I nuts?
Sun, November 25, 2007 - 7:55 AMNo, you are not crazy. The seeds of this year's novel came to me during my writing NaNo LAST year. How writers' ideas come them is never crazy. -
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Re: Am I nuts?
Sun, November 25, 2007 - 2:41 PMI'm only at 10,000 words. But I have five evenings to write. It' cathartic. I'm writing about this past very traumatic year. No one will ever read it, but it will be healing.
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