I decided I’m going to do NaNoWriMO!!
I’ve been going back and forth for the last couple of weeks whether to attempt NaNoWriMo or not because I have so many unfinished writing projects. I decided what the heck? I might as well go for it. What’s another unfinished writing project?
I know there will be some days or many that I won’t be able to write 3,000 words, but at least I can try. I can’t wait to see what I come up with at the end of the month. Will my original idea stay on track and with the ending I’ve written notes about or will it veer off into a totally different direction? I hope to stay on track. Over the last couple of months I’ve written notes on almost every chapter so I can’t really see myself veering off track, but as we all know anything is possible.
I’m interested to see how my brain works over the course of 30 days. The closer the deadline comes the more I ask myself what if something comes up, when will I time if we continue to be on ten hours of overtime, what if, what if, what if? Then later on, when I’m calm, I feel confident and know that I can do this.
I can’t wait to get my characters out of my head, on paper and let them live! These characters have been running around in my head for the last couple of months and they need to leave. I’m hoping to write my 3,000 words in the morning before work and then to let my ideas simmer in my head until my last break pr when I get home and I can write an outline of what I want to write the next day.
The main character of my novel is a greedy, arrogant man who lives in a world where money and prestige are the only things that matter. He’s not married and comes home to an empty house every night. The only people he is close to is his housekeeper, his butler and his secretary. He doesn’t have time for his only sister and brother in law or niece or nephew because he needs to make money so he can keep up his status. Of course, his world falls down around him and he realizes he doesn’t know who his sister is. He doesn’t know her favorite color or food to eat. He isn’t comfortable with admitting his sister isn’t as rich as he is nor does she have the status he has. Over the course of the novel he comes to realize that money isn’t everything and you can’t do anything with it after you are dead!
That’s all I’m giving away for now. I’m thinking about posting the opening scene/first chapter to see what your opinion is, but we’ll see about that. I hate the fact that I feel the scene in my head is so great and then when I get it on paper I don’t feel the same way. Sometimes not even close. Do you feel this way too? I wonder why that is.
I’m going to go read through the rest of my notes before I go to bed and try to get them in some kind of order. I have the notes for the first couple of chapters in order, but after that my notes are a mess.
Wednesday is the November 1st and the start date to begin my novel. I’ll try to post something on that day. Also, I’ve been tossing around the idea of doing some quick posts (QP) on my non posting days. There I go again getting ahead of myself. Oh well…..
Happy November! Happy Novel Writing!
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