In just one short day (insert Wicked song here) Halloween will have breezed by and November will be here like a flash. And of course, with November comes National Novel Writing Month!
In July I gave a description of NaNoWriMo and all that it entails. That still holds true, but now it just seems more daunting. The prospect of writing 50k words in 30 days is a huge undertaking, and I think I must be a a little crazy for doing it. Regardless, this year I'm jumping in to the wonderful world of writing without looking back or thinking twice. Who says you need to start with training wheels?
Actually, to continue the bike metaphor, I would say that Camp Nano was my practice, and now it's time to do the real thing. Of course, I'm going at basically the same approach I did last time: have an idea and the main characters an completely wing it with events. This is not generally what I wish would happen, but for some reason things creep up on me before I have time to face them. That being said, with one day to go, I have exactly three and a half characters planned, a rough outline of a backstory, and a handful of events that will probably run out within a week. Yep. So much for being on top of things this time, I guess.
Regardless of that, I'm still looking forward to writing this novel this month. I have a tendency to dabble in all sorts of fiction, but I've never tried anything sci-fi before, so this book should be a challenge and a roller coaster. I think that perhaps my recent leaning towards sci-fi can be explained by my excessive Doctor Who watching over the summer and by my interest in The Twilight Zone as of late. Hmm...
Also, here is the latest from Inksanity. While everyone else has been working up a storm with planning and plotting and conspiring, I have been creating my Halloween costume. Who knows? Maybe I was subconsciously planning the setting for my novel.
