I am sure you are expecting me to blog about the election, but I cannot. It hurts too much to think about it. I just want it to be over like morning sickness.
I have some insightful thoughts I have learned in my first week of nanowrimo.
1. It is weird and exciting when you are writing so much, you start to dream your novel. No kidding. I went to sleep and my dream began right were I left off writing. Gave me some fantastic ideas too.
2. It is super hard to write a book at night and do anything else productive. I wouldn’t bother trying. Eating cookies and writing, however, is extremely easy.
3. All the cool kids do nanowrimo. I am not go to a meet up of nanowrimo’s cool, but more like hipster writer wannabe cool. If only I could find my skinny jeans.
4. Characters you are writing will do things you did not expect. How is that even possible? Answer. Aliens.
5. I need complete quiet to write a novel. Somehow I can do a million things while I blog, but writing a fictional story, I need somewhere between silence and the kids are out of town quiet.
P.S. Win or lose I heart you Obama xoxo
Aliens!
What is nanowrimo?
National write a novel month. A bunch of great books have been published that started in nanowrimo. Its actually pretty fun.
Cookies? Where?
Oh I’m sorry the cookies are only for the most awesomest writers. (I still haven’t found them)
I’m pretty awesome. My mom said so.
You got Oreos?
Nope no processed fake cookies, homemade only. How bout white chocolate macadamia ?
I know… what she ^ asked. I have been seeing this nanowrimo, mojoblow stuff all over… must be for extreme writers – eh? (insert very dramatic wink here)
It is a little crazy to try and write 50,000 words of a novel in one month, but I am just writing as much as I can and not putting pressure on myself to get to make it to 50,000.
Ok, I’m gonna get back at it. You’re an inspiration! And I love Obama, too. Crossing my fingers.
Four more years!!
I wanted to try nanowrimo this year, but the first came and went, and I couldn’t commit. Good for you for doing it, and I’m happy to hear that it has been a good experience so far.
It is fun!
Good news Obama won…and i too want complete quite for fiction writing..
hope you are going good
all the best for NaNo
It’s going slowly, but good.
Mmmm cookies!
And I’ve read that in some of my favorite authors blogs/about me’s. That their characters will take on a life of their own and not do what they’re supposed to. Really interesting concept.
And dreaming your story: awesome!
I never believed people before. It just doesn’t make sense, and then I ended up with two teachers in the state archives and I was going how did this happen?
I am having the same problem with my characters. They’re going off and doing this without my permission. How dare they.
Don’t they know who we are?
Can I read your novel when you’re done with it?
Sure, but I have a feeling it will be more like a long story than a novel. Finding the time to hit the word count has been tough, so I write as much as I can.