Here I sit, four hours away from the start of NaNoWriMo, dawdling away the rest of my evening. Unfortunately, I will not be sharing in the midnight celebrations with other Wrimos around the world. Why, oh why, did November 1st have to fall on a Monday?
No matter. After work tomorrow, I plan on starting and finishing the prologue, and then diving into Chapter 1. I have bags and bags of sugar at my disposal. I have a sweet new Samsung netbook arriving this week. I have three-day weekends for the rest of the month. I have my ambient post-rock station ready to go.
1667 words per day? Cake. Let's do this.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Great Nothing
...nothing to do until November. Well, that's not true at all, but the anticipation has been steadily growing to write the draft. I'm going bonkers.
I never finished my outline. There's a solid three or four chapters I still need to bang out, possibly more. I purposefully left them unwritten until I had gone back through the outline again. I think I may leave them that way until I'm halfway through the first draft.
Ive been going back to the earlier chapter outlines and fleshing them out, bit by bit. An added scene here, some extended dialogue ideas there. Having finally seen what my characters will grow into by the end, I've had to go back and make sure that the seeds are planted early on. Its all about initial conflicts and making sure the characters slowly resolve them (and the successive conflicts) over the course of the book. Otherwise the reader will be bored and unsatisfied.
I'm pretty impressed with what I've come up with for the path my MC (that's "main character" for us Wrimos) has in front of him. Lots of great conflict, both on the inside and outside. The resolution of these conflicts wont be shared here (ie. positive or negative) but I'm happy with where he will be by the final page.
Man, is it November yet?
I never finished my outline. There's a solid three or four chapters I still need to bang out, possibly more. I purposefully left them unwritten until I had gone back through the outline again. I think I may leave them that way until I'm halfway through the first draft.
Ive been going back to the earlier chapter outlines and fleshing them out, bit by bit. An added scene here, some extended dialogue ideas there. Having finally seen what my characters will grow into by the end, I've had to go back and make sure that the seeds are planted early on. Its all about initial conflicts and making sure the characters slowly resolve them (and the successive conflicts) over the course of the book. Otherwise the reader will be bored and unsatisfied.
I'm pretty impressed with what I've come up with for the path my MC (that's "main character" for us Wrimos) has in front of him. Lots of great conflict, both on the inside and outside. The resolution of these conflicts wont be shared here (ie. positive or negative) but I'm happy with where he will be by the final page.
Man, is it November yet?
Saturday, October 2, 2010
NaNoWriMo - A Writing Contest for Everyone!
In thirty short days, this year's NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) begins. Participants have 30 days (the month of November) to write a 175-page, 50,000-word novel. As you might imagine, this isnt a contest for the faint of heart. But for those of us who find enjoyment in creating written art, there is no other rush that can satisfy.
If you're interested in joining me this year, you can sign up at www.nanowrimo.org. Its free to join, and theres no penalty for "losing." Actually, theres no prize for "winning," either, except the novel you'll have in your hands. And THAT, my friends, is the whole point.
This will be my second attempt at NaNoWriMo, but only my first with preparation and determination. My outline is almost done. The novel has been tentatively titled "On the First Day." I cant wait.
If you're interested in joining me this year, you can sign up at www.nanowrimo.org. Its free to join, and theres no penalty for "losing." Actually, theres no prize for "winning," either, except the novel you'll have in your hands. And THAT, my friends, is the whole point.
This will be my second attempt at NaNoWriMo, but only my first with preparation and determination. My outline is almost done. The novel has been tentatively titled "On the First Day." I cant wait.
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