My Newest Friend
I met the main character of my soon-to-be started novel #3 this morning. I rolled out of
bed and she met me in the kitchen with a fresh cup of French Roast coffee. She told me all about her past, her fantastic
children and the divorce she just survived.
She loves donuts and coffee, hates to exercise or clean her house.
Sound familiar? I
know. Sometimes it’s easiest to write
what you know.
Of course her life will be different than mine in many
ways. She only has 3 kids, but I’m
trying to talk her into “adopting” a bonus child. Perhaps a niece or nephew or a classmate of
one of children’s. She also has people
setting her up on blind dates, along with having an online account on “Cupid’s
Arrow”. I think she mentioned that she
weighs roughly 130, loves to cook and has very manageable hair. I’m going to try not to be jealous.
“NaNoWriMo is an annual (November) novel writing project
that brings together professional and amateur writers from all over the world.” (According to Goggle)
The hard core rules are that you will write 50,000 words in
the month of November, pretty much starting and finishing a whole book that
month. Doing the math, that means 1,666
2/3 words every day. Without fail. There is opportunity for short falls and getting
ahead, but basically that’s your daily goal.
I know a number of my friends have gotten a solid “sloppy
copy” turned out during a NaNo. Most
published stories end up closer to the 70k mark, so there is plenty of room to
expand and chop, over and over.
Since my word count for 2015 is only equal to he number of
words posted on Facebook, I’m probably no where even near a single day goal
expectation for NaNo. And I’ll whine
about the fact that I am still only 4 weeks “new” at my job (and heading back
for another round of training 11/10ish).
Girlfriend weekend falls somewhere in the middle of the month. And I have the kids for Thanksgiving this
year. And…And…And. Well, I think a goal
of half a NaNo feels a little more reasonable.
Writing 25,000 new words would be AMAZING. And would certainly kick this story off in
the right direction.
If anyone is interested in setting an “un-official” goal and
being part of mini group, let me know. Misery
loves company. And if you’re just curious
enough about NaNo, check out the website; www.NaNoWriMo.org
I know a few of you have toyed with the idea of writing your own story. Heck, maybe our characters could be friends.
By the way…it’s good to be back with my blog. I started a new page on my FB account to
allow me to connect with fellow bloggers and have a place to look for all of my
posts in one spot. Go ahead and like
it. I’ll cross my fingers that you receive
notifications. Thanks for coming
back. I’ve missed you folks!
2 Comments:
You know I'm with you on this un-official NaNo writing month. I need to kick my next book into gear, too.
I promised myself NOT to "do" Nano this year, it aways makes me feel so guilty and disappointed...like I need that! But, I would do something unofficially...
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