Yes, it’s nearly November, no longer the month of my birthday and Thanksgiving, but NaNoWriMo Time! Also known as National Novel Writing Month. http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Last year, as I put in my profile there, I wrote WAY over 50,000 words, but they were all for my Master’s program. This year, I can write FICTION! Oh, wait. A lot of that was fiction, too! But I can write FUN fiction this time!
My first year of doing NaNo (2004), all I had ahead of time was a title (Rolled-Up Streets) and a character. So November first I sat at the keyboard, all set to type … and I realized that my character was incredibly boring. So I killed her off in the first sentence. Then I had to figure out why anyone would kill someone who was so boring. It had a ton of plot twists and turns and was remarkably fun to write. Some of you actually have a copy of that in your closet somewhere.
The next year, 2005, wasn’t so smooth. The story had fascinating parts, and an excellent philosophical conversation that I still love, but it didn’t get far.
In 2006, I was spending too much time on IM with a wacko, so I didn’t get much writing done. I still like that story as well, and really need to get those people moving!
I did “finish” in 2007. By that I mean I finished the story, and reached the word limit. However, that story would need an incredible amount of work, and I really think that since I have the basics down, it’d make more sense to keep the basic story line but totally change the point of view and how the story is told (since it’s told in a blog format). The idea itself has merit.
Last year I started, but I don’t remember if I even reached a thousand words. I was too busy with school-times-two. I didn’t even go to any of the local write-ins.
I really like the setting of Rolled-Up Streets, and often wondered about writing another story from someplace within Knigi. It has four provinces, and each is very different, so I could pick one of the other ones. Heck, I already have a map, too! Or maybe not. I’ll let you know what I decide!
