NaNoWriMo Prep
This is the final weekend before National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicks off. Now is a good time to take care of little things before the frenzy begins. So what have I been doing?
- Created a NaNo2006 Soundtrack
- Stopped in to the NaNoWriMo forum to see how many local people wanted to get together and was surprised to see there are about six of us, so I’ll see if BAM minds if we hang out at Joe Muggs one night a week
That’s about it. This will be a seat-of-the-pants NaNo this year, so I haven’t done very much outlining. I don’t even have a good book in mind. But I’m still going to do it. I’m comfortable that I won’t be writing the same word 50,000 times — but it might seem like that.
One of my friends has decided to modify NaNo (and do it unofficially) to focus on writing time — she wants to use her writing time for efficiently to free time for other priorities. I think this is a great idea and eagerly await updates to learn how she’s progressing toward her writing goals. Because NaNoWriMo is about so many things, but if it doesn’t meet your needs, it’s easy to take the opportunity to do something unofficially that does meet your needs. Hopefully, you’ll be fortunate enough to have a cheering section who will support you in your efforts, but if not, do it for you. You’re worth it.
Are you playing this year? Are you ready? What are your goals? I’m PolarBear60; let me know who you are, and I can add you to my BuddyList to see how things are going for you.
You write to music too, eh? I must be one of the few that can’t.
I can’t naNo. I wanted to, but my novel is a tad behind schedule. I have 15K words left.
I recently read about someone who says they write with football in the background. I do that more than to music. My office is in the dining room of the house (I have an eat in kitchen if I want to sit at the table), and the TV (unless I choose to watch on the monitor — it has a TV tuner in it) is in the living room. The living room and dining room are divided by a fireplace and a pass through shelf. The sound from the TV carries through, and if I don’t feel like watching it, I have the perfect ability to listen to football or basketball while I do whatever I’m doing on the computer.
Of course, I could also pull out the laptop or the Palm with Bluetooth keyboard. I have no legitimate excuse not to write. Because, even if none of those worked, I have a plethora of notebooks/legal pads and pens/pencils.