Keep Calm And Write 50K
It’s drawing closer and closer to November and you know what that means? NaNoWrimo, a month of me spamming the internet with drivel about how I’m trying to write a 50,000 word novel over the course of 30 days.
I’ve tried 3 times and failed three times, but my word counts have grown each time, i think I had about 40K by the end of last November, which is much more impressive than the 7 or thousand I managed in the first year.
This year as with every year I’m not entirely sure I know what I’m going to write about, my current lead candidates are to restart a story that I began writing a couple of months ago but only wrote 1,000 words for. The premise for the story was/is a one night stand gone horribly horribly wrong.
The other idea I have is a story following a guy who can’t die because the bureaucratic agency that runs the after life can’t seem to find his paperwork.
I’m leaning towards the second as it’s more humorous, and thus will probably be easier to write…
I know I’ve asked this on Twitter quite a few times, but is anyone else thinking of participating in NaNoWriMo this year? If so what are you writing?
If on the off chance you are interested in reading the drivel I came up with for NaNoWriMo in previous years I’ve posted two of them in the writing section of my website:
1. NaNoWriMo 2008: Untitled
Is a near future science fiction story that never got the chance to get properly going. I think it’s quite amusing though.
2. NaNoWriMo 2009: The Cryonaught
Is the story of a guy who volunteers for an experimental military program on cryogenics.
3. NaNoWriMo 2010: Fantasy Story (Not Posted)
I’ve not put up my NaNoWriMo from last year yet, maybe I’ll think about putting it up in the run up to NaNoWriMo, it was a fantasy story that was never going to just be 50K words which was it’s biggest problem.
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