Only 30 days till National Novel Writing Month. Ack.
Ideas… um… do you have any? Er, suggestions? Advice?
I thought of writing something about witches, but that is so done. How to put a fresh spin on it? Not that I necessarily have to have a fresh spin. Someone loaned me some books about Wicca which have so far given me absolutely nada inspiration.
For non-witchy writing, I considered writing a novel based on my grandmother’s life. She was an interesting person and would make a great character! But, yuck, this would involve reeeesearrrrrch, which I am definitely not in the mood to do.
I am leaning toward taking my Holly character and putting her through as many bad relationships as I can write in thirty days. This could be fun, possibly therapeutic, and definitely easy. Writing 50k words on this topic would not be a problem.
And, maybe, somewhere in these bad relationships, she would find love.
Orrr should I write something totally new? Last year I did, so I don’t feel that I necessarily have to this year. I owe myself something easy. Um, why? Dunno. Because life is rough and uncertain? The economy continues to worsen? My sister is not coming to visit for Halloween and First NaNo Day after all? These are my reasons.
But I will take suggestions, ideas, votes? Or feel free to tell me what a dork I am.
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Uninvoked // October 1, 2009 at 10:03 pm |
Well, the last two years running I’ve plotted. Planned. Calculated. Written notebooks full of characters and plotlines…then tossed it all out the window on Nov. 1 for something completely different.
This year, I’ve got a title and I’m prepared to do absolutely nothing else till Oct. 31st
farsong // October 3, 2009 at 1:46 pm |
I almost never plot. At most I might have ideas in my head. Sometimes I jot them down, but I have some sort of superstition about doing that, I think. Like, IF I DARE TO PLOT it will Ruin Everything.