Last year, for
months leading up to November 1st, I was preparing. Not for All Saint’s Day (though that IS
important), not for the arrival of Fall weather in Florida, not for
Thanksgiving plans to begin or Christmas shopping season to be official—but for
the start of NaNoWriMo. I literally counted down the days and hours,
and as I waited I thought unceasingly about plot twists and character
development. I kept repeating my first sentence over and over in my
mind until the day I could actually type it and make it real.
This year, I
debated about even participating-- deciding first that I would not then,
deciding, maybe I would give it a
go. So, here I am just hours before the
noveling is to begin and I have barely thought about it at all.
The last five
days my life has been a whirlwind of running here and there. We have had Halloween parties, longer, busier
than normal shifts at work, field trips for school, and so much more. I am already behind on my laundry for the
week and the kids are already behind on their school work. I have e-mails to answer and dishes in my
sink and first quarter grades to average.
I am having trouble keeping up with my regular duties and starting
tomorrow I am going to add “writing over 1600 words of a new novel” to the next
30 days worth of to-do lists?!?!?!?!?!
I cannot fathom
how I will have time to even think about fiction when real life is so busy, yet
I am still planning to give it a try.
Last year, the
noveling was such fun. And the final
result, my book, The Life I Dreamed, was so worth the effort. It may be even more crazy this year than
last, but I cannot fathom NOT trying it again despite my busy life.
I don’t know if
I will win, making it to 50,000 words by month’s end but…..we’ll see where the
adventure leads this time around……
Kari,
ReplyDeleteWe are just about to type our first words!! I am so pleased you have decided to take up the NaNoWriMo challenge again. I am really looking forward to sharing progress with you.
Last year I didn't have a plan, just a few names of characters. The story developed as I wrote and that was quite an adventure! It was amazing the ideas that came to me while I was writing. This year I have more of an idea of where my novel will be headed so it should be a slightly different experience.
I seem to have inherited a yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ucnanowrimo/
It was set up last year so unschooling Catholics could share their novel writing progress. Please feel welcome to join.
Kari, I hope you get off to a good start that will encourage you to keep going despite the busyness of your life.
I hope you have a very special All Saints Day.
God bless!
Sue- I started this morning, along with my 11 year old son and 9 year old daughter. So far, so good. I have over 2000 words and I think I like my characters. Yet, I still feel unsure of what direction my story will take.
ReplyDeleteIt will certainly be a different experience for me this year too, but I am hoping that will be a good thing.
Thank you so much for letting me know about the yahoo group. I am off to check it out now!
Blessings and lots of luck with writing!
Kari