NaNoWriMo soon

[miriam_e]

Only 2 weeks to NaNoWriMo. Eeeek!

I'm going to try again this year.

Anybody else going to have a shot at it?

The story I'm trying to map out will present a whole slew of difficulties, but it is one I'd really like to tell. This means that even if I don't finish it in the month I think I'll keep on with it. I hope I can manage it.

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[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Well, we all know I'll be trying again, 'cause I'm crazy. But like last year I'm just going to take the 50k words and do what I want. This year, I'm going to put them towards a memoir novel about high school I've been wanting to write just to get it out of my mind. It's been taking up too much nagging space for years. Then I'll be set to start on a sciencey, new-agey novel I've been itching to write but I'll have to research the spotted hyena extensively first.

We'll be in it together. :D For the first time ever I've got a lot of pre-NaNo work to do first. Gotta ask people what they remember and also go through journals finding memories I want to include and rack my brain. Thankfully I can write down what I remember and then if anyone mentions anything later in life and I remember it clearly enough I can still write it down.

This will be a purely selfish endeavour. I want to remember this stuff when I'm older and my memory is wont to forget it.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a wonderful idea. Good on you!
Gee, the 50k word target becomes completely unimportant for that; it is worth doing purely for itself.

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Mmm, it is completely unimportant. :) I just like keeping it so I know that I'll really get in my writing for the month. These days November is what I look forward to for this. If I don't hit 50k with my project, I'll move the rest to starting the next. If I hit 50k and I'm not done, I'll continue. It all works! There will certainly be more novels out of me with time. Very little can stop that!

[belegdel.livejournal.com]

Me.
I tried once about 5 years back, this November I should be able to devote some time to it.

I also have an Idea :)

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

heheheh :)
Having the idea is supposed to help, though is not entirely necessary. I always start with oodles of ideas and it hasn't helped me a heck of a lot. :)

I've seen people (admittedly far more talented than I am) who simply wing it. Often their results are very cool. I am too much of a chicken for that. I need multiple layers of safety nets... and still my results are not great... though I think I'm gradually getting better.