November is national novel writing month - NaNoWriMo - one of my favourite months of the year. As a slow, edit-as-you-go writer, I knew I would struggle with the fast and furious pace of NaNoWriMo, but once I gave myself permission not to edit, the words flowed. I'm in my pre-NaNo phase - where I try to soak in as many experiences as I can that will help with my writing. Yesterday was a history day - a library talk about historic Baddow House in Maryborough and one of my favourite creativity exercises - my usual distance walk, but on roads I've never been on before. The walk was great. Tucked away in suburbia was a 1950's treasure trove - original house, 1950's house and caravan, on a couple of acre block with the original fence still standing (above). Sadly it was surrounded by units and townhouses and I could imagine the distress of the elderly couple who lived there as the property developers circled. If you're thinking of trying NaNoWriMo, Alexandra Sokoloff dedicates October to NaNoWriMo preparation. Working through the blog posts and exercises will make your November that much easier. 21/10/2013 02:46:35 am
I'm torn this year. I badly want to do NaNo again but I have three finished manuscripts sitting that I need to work on so although it would be a chance to get another one of my stories down I'd feel like I wasn't getting anywhere. I'll have a think about it over the next week while I wrestle with a short story I'm working on.
Fiona Greene
22/10/2013 04:37:52 am
I understand how torn you are. I've also got three manuscripts in the edit/polish phase and I know the archeology story (as its been dubbed) will add to the pressure, but I really want to use Scrivener to do a full manuscript from start to finish. I've got one scene in the middle of the book in my head, but everything else is up in the air at this stage. I'm pretty sure its going to be a full on November! Comments are closed.
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