What have I done? This is must be the maddest idea I’ve ever had! I thought quite sensibly that I’d have an outline and a plan going by today so that I could know exactly where I wanted to go. The trouble is that every time I actually formed more than a few thoughts on what I wanted to write I was coming out with scenes and dialogue and other stuff that actively involved writing the damned thing and if you know anything about NaNoWriMo you’ll know that you’re just not allowed to have pre-written anything before today. I have kinda cheated by writing one partial scene on the back of an envelope and it probably won’t make it to the final thing. But that’s about it apart from a few shower thoughts.
I’m not exactly clueless I know where my inspiration is coming from and I hope that I don’t end up borrowing too much but even if I do it’s unlikely that anybody but me is going to read this. At least until I’ve finished it and have some idea of the monster I’ve created.
The one thing that I have been thinking about it how to actually get the words down somewhere. I have my desktop mac and my old uni iBook G4. I’ll probably end up using both and type sections into either Google Docs or Word before copying them across to Scrivener, which I’ve just installed and using for the first time to help me keep moving. It has a project and daily goal thingy so I have some goal posts.
Now what I’m I writing? I might tell you another day but probably not today.
To anyone else doing NaNoWriMo best of luck and fast fingers!
More later
chartroose
November 2, 2008 at 1:24 am
Good luck! I’ll be checking back periodically.
gav
November 2, 2008 at 1:26 am
Thanks, I’m going to need it!
Tia
November 2, 2008 at 9:51 am
Hey, good luck with NaNo! I write as well, although I don’t participate in NaNo. (I wish I heard about it before I had a child.) I just finished my third novel. The link above is to my writing blog, if you’re interested.
Liz
November 3, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Oh good luck with this, Gav – I’m doing it too! We are so totally funky and insane. I’m LizUK over at nano and I have no idea how to find others that I’ve not already buddied up with! The nano site hates me, in general.
Liz x
gav
November 5, 2008 at 11:13 am
@ Tia Thanks – I’ve added a link to your blog. How did I NOT visit it more often! Thanks for letting me know and how how do you write and look after a baby???
@ Liz – wonderful stuff. I’m trying to look you up right now… I donated and the site still crashed on me! I guess that means that a lot of people are having a go which can on be a good thing?
Edit: I’ve found Liz and i’ve found me