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October 07, 2004
Well, it is official:
I am totally nuts.
I am going to write a 50,000 word "novel" in the month of November. Luckily, I won't be alone. Turns out there is a crazy community of people doing the same thing. A few of them are in my area, so we are trying to get a kickoff meeting together. Meetup.com is a great tool, btw.
So, you might ask: "Lisa, this is rather ambitious of you and everything. But what, pray tell, are you going to write about?"
I would reply, "Darned good question. I have no frickin' idea."
Well, that isn't exactly true. I will be travelling on the "write what you know" path. The founder of National Novel Writing Month wrote a corresponding book, "No Plot, No Problem." I checked it out of the local library on Tuesday. It has some helpful tips about what to prepare and how to at least get a few preliminary notes down before you start. There are a few brainstorming ideas that I think will be pretty helpful.
As I embark on this, I'll probably share the prep work here. Since I'll be "writing what I know" I think it'll be in keeping with the tone of this site. The genre is staggeringly brilliant expository writing about me, me, me!!!!
Well, it's about that and pictures of Gus the Wonderdog, of course.
**Confidential to David: C'mon...you know you want to do this too...I think there's a novel or two rattling around in that head of yours!! It's only 1667 words a day, you know.
Posted by Lisa at October 7, 2004 05:25 PM
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Call me when the Haiku writing contest begins...
But until then, I'll be right here where you left me, scribbling the occasional page or two of the least urgent thoughts and ideas available on the planet! :-)
Posted by: David at October 7, 2004 08:02 PM
Yikes! And double Yikes!! 1667 words a day when I had to pull all-nighters writing two page, double spaced essays in college? No way on earth that's happening. I force myself to sit down every night and write a few paragraphs on my favorite subject (also Me, Me, Me,) so I'm thinking I won't be joining in this endeavor either.
But I expect to be kept informed about how it's going for you!! I bet you can pull it off, no problem.
Posted by: Faith at October 8, 2004 05:59 PM
Wow! I'm impressed! I think it's great, Lisa, and I wish you all the luck (and words!) in the world :))
I'll be cheering you on!!
Posted by: deb at October 9, 2004 02:57 PM
That's awesome... and very ambitious of you ;) I've tried to write a book on many occasions and never have the follow-through.
Good luck!
Posted by: Snidget at October 10, 2004 07:41 PM