NaNoWriMo!
I just signed up for NaNoWriMo! This is the thing where you write 55,000 words of a new novel between November 1 and November 30. Since I have a novel plotted out in detail in my head, this seems like a good way to get my first draft on paper without my internal editor gumming up the works. I'll have to write very, very fast in order to "win" (reach the 55k word goal) so I won't be able to stop and pretty anything up or, you know, question my basic theme & structure halfway through every scene. 55k words of tiresome, ham-handed pedantery will do the job nicely, and I'm pretty sure I can produce that. And I'm competitive enough that I want to make it into the winners' circle...really really want to. This is my first time NaNo-ing and I'm super excited about it! And I need a new project to look forward to right now.
So, who's with me? My handle on the nano boards is alchemist. See you in November!
Comments
hmmm. There is a certain appeal. I mean you only have to be committed for month. What is your novel going to be about?
Posted by: patricia | October 6, 2006 09:52 PM
it's a multi-generational SF epic about androids...nothing too ambitious, laff! I figure if I get thru 175 pages in november that will be about half of the first draft.
Posted by: alchemist | October 7, 2006 07:44 AM