Greetings, friends! Yes, it's that time of year again... time for me to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard rather) and embark on an epic 50,000+ word journey through the darkest corners of my imagination.
Ok. I can see many of you are still completely lost. November is National Novel Writing Month, fondly referred to as Nanowrimo. Every November for the last four years I have sat down with thousands of people across the globe and attempted to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and November 30.
That's 1,667 words every day for the entire month of November. No problem, right? Wrong!
It always starts out fine, until my characters develop a mind of their own and fall in love. Oh, and there was the one year where my main character died halfway through the story, effectively halting any progress. Yeah, that one took me by surprise.
I have managed to meet the 50,000 word goal 3 out of 4 times, but never actually completed a book within that 50,000 words. This year is different.
What's different about this year? I'm going in with a plot, several actually, that I'll somehow figure out how to meld together in a coherent manner. What else is different? I've done some story mapping! I have some idea who my characters are and where I want them to end up.
Bring it on, November! I cannot wait to reign victorious again!
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