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Oh man…What have I gotten myself into!?
I've no idea. This is my first year participating. I've been wanting to do this for a couple of years now, but never had the guts to commit to it, but his year I'm ready to take on the beast that is NaNo!
I've been reading blogs around looking for advice on to how to prepare for this. Yeah, I like plans, I like lists, I like to be prepared. Winging it is just not my style. So a week ago I started writing some Character Profiles, getting to know them and working on their backgrounds. I went so far as to look for pictures on the web that resembled them. After that I started working on the Plot, fleshing it out and stuff. I kinda went crazy at that point. I would add one point, then erase it, then change it back again, only to discard it later. I did go over it with a friend to see if things at least made sense. Haha. Lastly, I started doing an detailed outline of "the Beginning". I tried doing that for the evil "Middle" but, as always, got stuck. Grr. So I'll just have to trust that as I go along writing "the Middle" will resolve itself. And by then I'll know the ending.
It's been a lot of work. I wish I had started doing all this a month ago! >.<
I've never written something so long, much less written that much per day. But I've got my coffee, my chocolates, my iPod and iHome are ready with new playlists, and I've got a blog to whine and complain when NaNo chews me up and spits me out. LOL.The Writing Buddies option is now open, so if anyone is doing NaNo and wants to add my I'm Sylirama
I've no idea. This is my first year participating. I've been wanting to do this for a couple of years now, but never had the guts to commit to it, but his year I'm ready to take on the beast that is NaNo!
I've been reading blogs around looking for advice on to how to prepare for this. Yeah, I like plans, I like lists, I like to be prepared. Winging it is just not my style. So a week ago I started writing some Character Profiles, getting to know them and working on their backgrounds. I went so far as to look for pictures on the web that resembled them. After that I started working on the Plot, fleshing it out and stuff. I kinda went crazy at that point. I would add one point, then erase it, then change it back again, only to discard it later. I did go over it with a friend to see if things at least made sense. Haha. Lastly, I started doing an detailed outline of "the Beginning". I tried doing that for the evil "Middle" but, as always, got stuck. Grr. So I'll just have to trust that as I go along writing "the Middle" will resolve itself. And by then I'll know the ending.
It's been a lot of work. I wish I had started doing all this a month ago! >.<
I've never written something so long, much less written that much per day. But I've got my coffee, my chocolates, my iPod and iHome are ready with new playlists, and I've got a blog to whine and complain when NaNo chews me up and spits me out. LOL.The Writing Buddies option is now open, so if anyone is doing NaNo and wants to add my I'm Sylirama
