Friday, November 5

Holy busy November!

Happy NaNoWriMo! I'm right in the middle of writing my novel and things are going well. Next week, I'm going to feel stuck, I can just feel it coming. But as it is, I'm keeping ahead of the game, despite my life being completely crazy with school presentations, job hunting and being an attentive parent.

I've already done a couple of things with my story that surprised me, the biggest one being that the point of view is not the third person omniscient that's so common. It's not even the normal kind of first person narrative. It's so far inside the character's head like Catcher in the Rye. There's stream of consciousness narrating to some unknown party. Totally hadn't expected that. I was actually fully planning on writing the story in third person. But that's what the month is all about, right?

Here's my favorite little bit I wrote today:
Envelope safely tucked into John Tesh, I headed out of the store. Did I just say “envelope tucked into John Tesh?” There’s a phrase I hadn’t expected to say ever in my life.
Fun, right? If you're taking on writing a novel this month, good luck. And if you need some encouragement or maybe a suggestion to make your story better or keep it moving, please let me know. I like to help. Back to my adventure.

Monday, November 1

Here we go again

It's NaNoWriMo again and for me, it has been for almost 2 hours. I've almost hit the goal for the day and my eyes are starting to get kind of tired. I was feeling a little nervous about reaching the goal with the other things I've got to do each day, but my progress so far today has made me optimistic again. If you're participating this year, you can do it too. I'm certain.

By the way, I'll probably be tweeting more about it than blogging, so if you want to keep up with how I'm doing, my twitter feed is a good way to do it.
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