Current Mood: anxious
As the midpoint of October passes, I find myself contemplating participation in this year's National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short (an idea I've toyed with before). The basic idea is that many people would like to write a novel at some point, but either never start or quit easily because of lack of commitment, motivation, endless editing, desire for perfection, and other reasons. NaNoWriMo seeks to throw all that out the window and impose an arbitrary deadline - 30 days of November to write 50,000 words of new fiction in hopes of motivating people to finish, not to worry about quality. I think it's a novel idea. I find myself with a little bit of extra time this fall (and I'm a bit crazy), so I could give it a shot? I've got a few ideas for some stories, I enjoy writing and I wouldn't mind testing my endurance, story planning skills, and my wrists. I have until the end of this month to decide, knowing full well I'd probably blog less (and those posts would probably just be word count updates). I think I would start another blog just for this, so you could read along.
Thoughts? Like giving blood, I think this is something that's easier with support, so if any of my readers want to join along, that'd be great!
Also, I am addicted to the NaNoWriMo forums. The variety of general questions for aspiring novelists is fascinating.
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On a semi-related note, I am chomping at the bit to hear back from a woman about a possible new job. I've been looking for a new one that I don't hate since leaving my previous job as Student Office Staff at Hillenbrand (which is Jenny's new job, actually). If something comes of it, I'll write more.
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More stupid Bee Movie shorts in my The Office commercial breaks this week. Didn't really matter, since tornado warnings in the area cut out about 1/3 of the episode. I'm trying not to complain, though, since there really was significant weather. A tornado apparently touched down a few miles south of here. We set up the emergency broadcast system for a reason, no?
Also, if anybody wants a free one month trial to Netflix, I've got the hookup.
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You just used the line "I think it's a novel idea" (re:NaNoWriMo) and I'm not even sure you realized it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not participating this year, but I'm going to do NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)... with the WonderBlog. That's the idea, anyway. (It's just a post a day... which is about what I do personally anyway, so I think WonderBlog would be a challenge.)
P.S. You missed part of a fantastic episode, imho.
I did the NaNoWriMo thing several years back. It's only 1,667 words a day, which isn't that hard to do if you have an idea. I do remember doing a good 5,000 words on my last day's worth of work just to get it over with before Thanksgiving break.
ReplyDeleteI remember us having a conversation about NANOWRIMO at least four years ago, ha ha.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely still one of the sweetest concepts ever. If I had an idea, and the time, and the tenacity, and fast-acting cures to Writer's Block and Writer's ADD, I'd still totally do it.
Posting the story to a blog would be cool, too.
Sis: I totally meant for "novel idea" to be super subtle. :) I'm gonna try to catch up on The Office.
ReplyDeletePaul: Wow! Was this at all when I knew you? You finished before Thanksgiving? That's awesome.
Andy: If I do it, I'll post it.