i made it through week one of this crazy idea to write a novel in a month. i now have more than 12,000 words--one fourth of the way done!
This is what i have learned in week one:
-i am not an author.
-i wish i had a desktop computer instead of just a net book.
-i'm glad i have a net book because some of my best ideas hit when i'm in the bathtub.
-i am much wittier in shorter forms (ie: blog posts and texts). It is insanely difficult to be constantly witty for 20 pages.
-My dramatic nature serves me well when trying to write.
-i enjoy quilting much more than i enjoy writing.
-i love google docs; things are saved instantly as i write and i can access my document from any computer or my phone.
-i usually only meet my daily word count because i know that i have a friend to whom i am going to have to account at the end of the day.
-It is easier than i thought it would be to leave behind my "inner editor" and just type.
-It is harder than i thought it would be to know how to organize my story.
-The characters in my life are way better than any make believe character that i could create.
-i don't have the desire to share what i am writing with anyone--but it sure feels good to write it anyway.
-The first two sentences were the easiest for me to write.
Just to tease you....here they are:
"I always wanted to die by spontaneous combustion. All that would be left of me would be a pair of hot pink chucks, smoking in the middle of the sidewalk."
Here goes week two!
4 comments:
You're a tease, posting two hilarious lines like that and saying you don't want to share any more. That's awesome that you've kept up with it, way to go!
You've got me after 2 sentences! Writing a novel seems so huge and overwhelming, you have my admiration. I love that you write in the tub! You have to put that in your author profile on the back cover.
Way to keep us in suspense...not fair :)
That sounds like a great story start. I'm interested. My mom in law does NANOWRIMO every Novemeber where you have to write 50,000 in the month of Novemeber and I think it has to be something you haven't worked on before. Lets just say we don't see much of her during that month. But she has published a book (As the Crow Flies by Robin Lythgoe if you are interested). Good luck on your writing =)
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