I still haven't decided whether I want to attempt NaNo. I'd hate to give up on it, after such a rewarding winning streak (minus last year's disastrous failure), but at the same time it feels more like an obligation than something fun. And the whole point of NaNo is for it to be fun ( Read more... )

Omg I forgot about this poor little journal. ;__; Time for an update. Even though there's not much to be said, unfortunately.

SSSo, I have this epic novel that I've been slaving over for a few years now. I've written multiple drafts and have tweaked the plot several times as my ideas evolved. I gave up on NaNoWriMo (twice) last year because I ( Read more... )

Well, haven't updated for some time. But there's a reason for that. Last Friday (11/13), I decided that I was officially giving up on NaNo. So, for the first time, I won't win. But, I'm not too torn up about it. I had told myself long before NaNo started that I needed to focus more on writing a story I was proud of than on reaching the word count. ( Read more... )

So, it's day 8 of NaNo and I'm roughly 7,000 words behind. ;____; I just can't seem to find the motivation to work at a steady pace. I was hoping to get a lot done this weekend, but Friday was full of stats work, a trip to Target, and FFAF on ONTD. On Friday I wrote an embarrassing 70 words. 70 words. Blegh. Saturday was shaping up to be a good ( Read more... )

So, NaNo is officially underway! It kind of snuck up on me, because I kept losing track of time. I was at a friend's Halloween party when ~midnight~ struck and NaNo officially began. She's doing NaNo as well, so we got our writing utensils ready while our friends counted down and we both started right at the stroke of midnight. We each got in about ( Read more... )

I'm definitely feeling better about my novel. Things have been filtering in bit by bit, and I'm trying to let this unfold naturally. I write down any ideas that pop into my head, but I'm not necessarily going to plan out the entire plot or force my characters to do anything. I want it to be very--organic, in a way.

I definitely have a title: Let ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm not quite out of the dark yet. Nothing is cemented in stone and there's still a lot of planning to be done, but I'm getting there. I do have a premise. I came across this in the Adopt-a-Plot thread and I couldn't get it out of my head, even when I decided it wouldn't work. The user Nifty_Bananas offered this plot bunny up for adoption ( Read more... )

I'm still floundering around for plot ideas. This is starting to become a problem. We're almost halfway through October, and I still have absolutely no idea what I want to write. I need to leave a nice "buffer" at the end of the month so I'll have enough time to get geared up and mad excited about my novel ( Read more... )

Okay, so I don't have full-blown NaNo flu yet, but I'm starting to get more and more excited. Or, perhaps anxious is the better word. I really need to get started on planning this project. So far, all I have is a genre (literary fiction). Then again, that's how it was last year, until I was assaulted all of a sudden by some amazing ideas and ( Read more... )

So, it's not quite October, but I got bitten by the NaNo bug today. I'm a little worried, because I feel completely and hopelessly lost with regard to NaNo. I have no idea what to do for my project, no sense of what my goals are going to be, and the thought of navigating the forums (fora?) leaves me feeling so intimidated ( Read more... )