Thinking Ahead

[queenoftheskies]

This afternoon, I started thinking of National Novel Writing month, and I realized it was only two months away.

While that might still seem like a long way off to some folks, I think time flies and I want to be ready this year.

Last year was my first year to participate, and I finished the 50,000 words in one month. I hadn't plotted ahead of time, though I had a basic idea of my story in mind when I started.

This year, I want to be ready. In fact, I want to try to finish an entire novel in one month. 100,000 words.

I can write the 100,000 words in one month. (If real life doesn't throw me a huge curve.) I'm not worried about that. I did that during julnawrimo. What worries me is actually finishing the rough draft of a novel. Not just a portion. Not just scenes.

So, to that end, I thought and thought and thought, and decided this evening what my novel will be for NaNoWriMo. And, I'm so very excited about working on it. It wasn't something I'd considered working on yet, but now that the idea is in my head, I'm thrilled.

I'm going to start making some notes this month, and I plan to have the entire thing plotted out next month, so I'll be ready to start writing November 1.

I hope that, by being prepared this time, I can hit my goal.

That would be sooo exciting. Now, I can't wait for November 1 to come.

Comments

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I'm giving thought to participating this year. I'd love to dust off Of Like Minds and overhaul it or perhaps begin something fresh.

I dunno... it's something I'm considering.

And I have NO doubts that you can and will hit your goal. You're a machine, lady. :-)

[afterglowey.livejournal.com]

Yanno, I just came here to post: Lady, you are a machine.
Seriously!
Maybe I will try this writing-a-novel-in-a-month thing.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

LOL... Great minds and all that?

How's Kiwiland these days?

[cicadabug.livejournal.com]

My current WIR is the latest version of the end product of NaNo 2001. I started to participate in 2002, but was overwhelmed and stopped. Finished (barely) a fantasy-novel first draft in 2003, and then in 2004 again started but was too overwhelmed. So I think I'm on an every-other-year NaNo schedule.

Although of course I am hoping to have the WIR done before Oct. 1st, at the very least I'd like to have it done and out to my beta readers by Nov. 1st so I can jump into NaNo this year without unfinished stuff still hanging over my head. I don't know; NaNo was great for me when I needed to learn to get over my insane-obsessive-recursive-perpetual-editing problems, but now I'm not sure I can write that fast anymore (on the other hand, the stuff I'm writing recently is in less dire need of thorough rewriting when its finished, so it's a fair tradeoff). If this year also stalls for me, I think I'm going to give up on NaNo. Tempting as it always is.