Well, I am really doing it this year, there is nothing to hinder me this time. I am participating in NaNoWriMo.
National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org) is a misleading title, because it isn’t national, it spans the whole world. Every November thousands of people sit down to their laptops or notebooks and endure the most exquisitely pleasurable form of self-torture in the form of 50,000 words in one month.
I tried is last year but fell short because the odds were stacked against me. I was in school, for one thing, which sucked up all of my energy. I was rehearsing for The Miser which exhausted my creative well. I only had my shady desktop that occasionally got tired and took an unannounced naps and a composition notebook. This year I have more free time, no outstanding creative endeavors, and my sleek sexy new laptop. Things are going to go smoothly. I know it is still only September but I am so excited. I just can’t wait to get started.
In preparation so far I have bought a laptop case (to make the operation mobile) and dug up all my writing books and other books that inspire me. I am going to start a writing exercise regimen for ‘training.’ And compiled a playlist that fits the mood of my premise.
Once the Nano website is out of lockdown I will put a button on my blog showing my progress.
