So far so good. I had a few things planned out, but basically this is proceeding naturally, like an apple falling off a tree and rolling down a hill into a ditch, where it rots and gets eaten by ants and doodle bugs.
The plan is to simply turn off the critical part of my brain – which is, ahem, not that high-voltage to begin with, and just shoot for quantity. I can go through later and save the bits that sound okay and fix the bits that are implausible or screamingly bad. Just go for the 50,000 words. NaNoWriMo is such a good idea (I think, now, in the first week, before I hit the wall). At breakfast, I read an article about it in the Japan Times, pretty cool. Although, my last novel was 88k, so I’m hoping this will eventually be longer too.
I’m thinking it will probably be finished before I get that far, in which case the padding will begin I will have space, and hopefully time, to develop the characters more, and so on…
that’s my plan, too. just finish. don’t worry about quality; it’s all about the quantity
that would make a good tagline.
Out of all the people I read that are participating in NaNoWriMo, you’re the only one doesn’t seem stressed or like they’re losing it. You’re taking valium aren’t you? That’s got to be it! ;o)
i swear by chamomile enemas, actually. and essence of baldrian. seriously, who’s freaking out? people are freaking out over this?
man, listen to me: this is nothing! i entered that three-day novel writing contest out of Vancouver BC once. if you think this is bad, try finishing a novel in THREE DAYS!
to be honest, i just finished typing writing for the day, and would be in no frame of mind to hold a lucid conversation with anyone quite yet. but [disclaimer: this is only the first week, the second is harder i hear] so far this had been more a major relief than anything else, because i’ve wanted to get this implausible idea for a novel out of the way so i can get going on the next one in the queue. which is a lot closer to what i imagine when i think of a novel – no real genre limitations there, no implausible assumptions. well, except for a new ice age in europe, but other than that…
mmmmm chamomile enemas. That’d be a big change from the vodka ones I usually give myself… errrrrrr did I say too much?
If you finish within the next couple of weeks, I will be available for editing.
I just saw that you are at 25,000 + : way to go !