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October 08, 2005
Debating about NaNoWriMo
I’ve been debating about whether or not to sign up for National Novel Writing Month. (Don’t know what that is? Check out http://www.nanowrimo.org/)
One of the reasons I’m considering it is that I think it may help me focus on writing instead of constantly obsess about my pending submissions.
Getting published is addictive and lately I’ve been jonesing for a yes. It’s not like it’s been all that long - a couple months for my last short story, less for that bit of flash fiction for Flashshots. Still I’m obsessed. It seems I spend more time submitting, choosing markets, checking for responses than I actually do writing. That's not good. Not only is it pathetic, it’s unsustainable. If I don’t spend time on writing I will fast run out of writing to submit.
I’m thinking NaNoWriMo may be just the thing because last year when I was working on my first novel ("Vatral") I was totally absorbed by it. I rushed home from work each day to see what would happen next in the story. It was my fun, my entertainment, the best part of my day. I didn't submit anything for almost a year and it was OK because I had bigger fish to fry.
So NaNoWriMo. Maybe.
I’m just not sure I can do it. One month isn't much and 50,000 words is a heaping lot.
Plus I have only the vaguest of ideas for the novel. I don't even have a single character. I barely know what happens. All I’ve got is an idea, a question, a possibility.
Is that enough? Don’t know. I’m still thinking.
Posted by Selena at October 8, 2005 11:48 AM