What’s up
I may very well be out of my mind, but I’ve signed up for this year’s NaNoWriMo. Yeah. After not writing much of anything for months >.< I’m so out of practice! *headdesk* But I’m excited about getting started, if more than a little nervous and kind of intimidated by the goal. I figure if anything might be able to kickstart the writing habit again, it’d be this. 50,000 words in 30 days. 2000 words a day for 25 days would give me five days leeway or downtime so I don’t go crazy :p
I’m wishing I’d considered this much earlier. At this point, I’m trying to figure out a) what I might be able to wring 50k words out of, and b) what I want to write, because if it’s not going to hold my interest, I’ll never make it. :/ There are a small number of concepts I’ve ideas I’ve toyed with in the past that might work, and there’s a new very nebulous sort of concept that came to mind when all this started (which could be interesting/fun in a self-exploratory kind of way if I can manage to freewrite my way into it).
But I’m working on getting my head in the right place, writing-work-wise. I think I’m going to be using yWriter5 for notes and outlining and all that background kind of stuff, and likely some simple full-screen editor like TextRoom or somat for the actual writing part. Something super low-distraction :p I’m also actually considering creating a side-blog specifically for creative junk — NaNoWriMo to start with, since it’ll obviously be in the forefront here for a bit, and over time for other writing and art. If that pans out, I’ll be sure to post a link here. I still need to do some minor stuff like putting together a playlist or three to write to. I’ll definitely be throwing the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack in there, just because it makes me want to make beautiful things, and I may have to see if I can dig up/dust off some old scifi/fantasy-based playlists.
What you can expect
Even if I do go with the side-blog for writing, expect to see daily wordcount updates (and if there are any regular lurkers out there, please feel free to give me a gentle nudge if I miss a day). It’s also very likely that I’ll be doing One Words here and there, most likely as warm-ups and cool-downs, doing Friday Fives and mid-week memes, possibly participating occasionally in Girl Talk Thursday (which link I got from Juliana), and generally doing things to get and keep me writing regularly. I’m hoping to make it out to some of the local WriMo write-ins for some in-person encouragement and a little socializing (which is the best part, if you ask me, as I don’t have many friends — and none locally, that I can think of — who share my creative interests :p).
For my local circle, consider this your fore-warning: I will have my laptop and/or notebook with me constantly. Don’t be surprised if I end up working some while we hang out. I consider myself good at that sort of multitasking, but feel free to poke me if I get too sucked into whatever I’m doing. Also feel free to cheer me on, ask questions about what I’m doing, buy me drinks, or whatever you think my keep the Muse hanging around. :)