NaNoWriMo
This month is National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. I've been a member of NaNo for close to five years and have attempted to start writing a novel three times already. Each time I started writing my novel, however, I would give up because the words felt forced and the story wasn't flowing and I was too hung up on how awful everything was coming out. Instead of just letting the words flow through, I was fixating on my shortcomings and, regrettably, gave up a few paragraphs, sometimes sentences in.
This year, Tamara and I decided that we would participate and that we would write a novel by the end of November. In this case, a novel is the equivalent of 50 000 words and, so far, I'm at 36 666. SAY WHAT?!
It's funny, but the story is flowing and the characters have a life of their own; they're behaving in ways I never intended them to and they're doing things that are morally repulsive to me. I love it! But I think the reason why this story is flowing is because:
This year, Tamara and I decided that we would participate and that we would write a novel by the end of November. In this case, a novel is the equivalent of 50 000 words and, so far, I'm at 36 666. SAY WHAT?!
It's funny, but the story is flowing and the characters have a life of their own; they're behaving in ways I never intended them to and they're doing things that are morally repulsive to me. I love it! But I think the reason why this story is flowing is because:
- I'm not fixating on what I want to happen
- I'm not sentimentally attached to the story (unlike my previous attempts)
- I'm starting most of my days writing with a free writing session wherein I write everything and anything that comes to mind
It's funny and overly sentimental of me, but the fact that I might be achieving this feat calls to mind the fact that, back in January, Nicole, Tasha, and I got together to make vision boards. On my vision board, I put down the fact I wanted to take many trips (to date I've gone to Orlando, Vancouver, St. Louis/Chicago, New York, and Germany next month); that I wanted to read, read, read (and I've read 14 books this year alone in comparison to the meagre 12 I read last year! WOOT!); that I wanted to strengthen my friendships (my datebook has been full since January!); that I wanted to write a novel in November; and that I planned to meet a handsome guy.
So, I've already accomplished so many of the things I wanted to fulfill. Really, the only thing that's left is meeting someone I would like to date, but the fact I'm writing this novel? That alone is enough to make the year 2015 the most incredible and memorable one to date!
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