October 7, 2005

  • NaNoWriMo cometh ...


    It's that time ... are you ready boys and girls?  National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner.  The email arrived in my box this week inviting me to reactivate my account.  I have been struggling to make time to write since I started doign the waitressing thing and trying to juggle the kids and the job.  I'm thinking this is exactly the kind of insanity I need to get me going again. 


    I also hit the library this week and picked up a couple books because the other thing that makes a difference to whether I have ideas for writing is whether I'm exposing myself to other viewpoints about life in general or I'm just allowing it to all be my own thoughts cluttering up my brain.  My thoughts are interesting - I'm so fascinated by them that I think them all day long - but after I've wallowed in my own juice for a while, I need something to spark a whole new train in order to have writing fodder. 


    Last year - a few other Xangans and I made a little support circle for NaNo and kept each other going with encouragement and tales of midnight crunches to get those deadlines.  I'd love to do that again. 


    Any takers?


Comments (8)

  • Is it NaNoWriMo time again?  Yikes... time flies.  Every year I say I'm going to do it but then I disappoint myself when I don't.  I don't know if I should stop saying it or just do it.  It seems so intimidating.

  • I am up for that.

  • Yeah, me.  I did it last year, kept going and actually wrote my first novel.  But I need to go back and edit.  This year I have already begun a second but am only a third of the way into it so Nano comes at a perfect time. 

  • I'm in!

  • Me too...

  • I have attempted NaNoWriMo twice and failed both times. But I reactivated my account anyway, fool that I am.

  • You go girl!  I'm WAY too busy to do a nanonovel. 

  • I'm up for that!  I'm planning to do NaNoWriMo for the first time... well, last year I started it but wimped out after a month :(    This year, however, I already have a plot outline and am ready to go!!  Oh, and I totally agree with you about reading and thinking as precursors to writing...

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