National Novel Writer’s Month http://nanowrimo.org, or in other words Nano, is
just days away meaning I’ve been trying to outline a story idea for it. Except
this time, I’m not just running scenarios through my head, I’m actually writing
something down. Though I admit it isn’t much of an outline, all I really have
is a list of scene suggestions (unfinished) of what should happen in the story.
Just a sentence or two for each scene, that’s all. More than I usually write.
Not that I really need the help, I generally don’t have a
written outline, just ideas floating around in my head, and I always manage to
reach the goal of 50 thousand words before the end of the month.
Nano is also another way Konnie and differ, but that
difference goes back to how many people live in our homes.
Konnie still has a houseful of people and pets to deal with
and the only time she managed to write 50 thousand words in a month, her family
nearly revolted. For me, when my husband was still alive, I’d barely manage to
get 50 thousand words with only a little grumbling from Tom. Now, living alone,
well, last year I managed well over 60 thousand words. There’s no longer
someone begging me to turn the computer off, so I don’t have to stop once I
reach my daily goal, or even 50 thousand, if I feel like it, I can keep going.
So anyway, as Nano fast approaches, I know there are writers
like Konnie that can’t find that amount of time in a single month to write, and
I even know there are writers with deadlines to finish some editing, but other
than those, who’s up for the Nano this year?
Happy writing everyone! :)
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