I've tried NaNoWriMo more than once and failed to complete a 50,000-word book in one month's time. That has been gnawing at me lately--that and not writing must for the last couple of months has only added to that. I like the idea of a challenge to complete a full-length book in 30 or so days. It's the kind of thing I know I can do.
I don't have an idea in mind. Not even a clue. That has been a paralyzing point for me lately as I've tried again and again to get back on the fiction-writing horse. Having no idea what I write before I start shouldn't be a problem. I've done it before many times. That's typically the way I work. I don't outline. I just get started.
That's what I'll have to do on August 1st. You see that 's the plan. I've decided, rather last minute, to write a novel in August, knowing full well that I will be welcoming a new baby boy into the world at or near the end of it. I'm crazy, I know. But right now, crazy sounds pretty good. I'm tired of being on the sidelines.
Since I'm announcing it as a challenge my intention is to chronicle this process by posting every day for the whole month. Each post will detail the day's progress and daily word count.
Update: I'm going to post every week and include the progress from each day during that week in a digest.
So, that's it: a novel in August with a word count of at least 50K.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Updates About Free Fiction Friday And Other Stuff
For those of you who do read the free stories I put up here for one week, I wanted to let you know that Free Fiction Friday would be on hiatus for a while or until I get more short stories written. Additionally, I've just started on a new novel so I'm focusing my time there. I'll keep all of you updated on Free Fiction Friday and other writing updates. Thank you.
In other news, I am also trying to get previous free stories up in electronic versions. This includes a novel that I finished back at the beginning of May. Other commitments have seriously put me behind but I do hope to make headway in the coming weeks.
In about 8 weeks, I will be welcoming another son in to the world so that has certainly played a role the status of my work. It's always fun trying to balance family commitments with writing ones. I've not always been successful but I keep trying.
For those interested, I will hopefully be putting up another Dear Writer article in the near future as well. I like writing those articles and would like to make them a regular feature like Free Fiction Friday.
In other news, I am also trying to get previous free stories up in electronic versions. This includes a novel that I finished back at the beginning of May. Other commitments have seriously put me behind but I do hope to make headway in the coming weeks.
In about 8 weeks, I will be welcoming another son in to the world so that has certainly played a role the status of my work. It's always fun trying to balance family commitments with writing ones. I've not always been successful but I keep trying.
For those interested, I will hopefully be putting up another Dear Writer article in the near future as well. I like writing those articles and would like to make them a regular feature like Free Fiction Friday.
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