She’s baaack
With Nanowrimo fast approaching, I have managed to come out from under extensive renovations, family responsibility and a few health issues to start writing again. The Novella mentioned in my last post back in May is my NanoNovel for this year.
After world building, character developing and plotting the whole thing, enthusiasm left me to actually write it. But it is a Godsend to take into Nanoland with me! A review of the one-sentence summary of all 22 scenes last night sparked some excitement, and reminded me that I’d done a lot of other research that wasn’t included in the sentences. I will have to get out my How To Think Sideways texts and review all the juicy details that I remember writing down, I just don’t remember what they are.
At the same time, I am working through Holly Lisle’s “Write Page Turning Scenes” and am deeply impressed with what the excercises have brought out of me. With most of the assignments I’ve used scenarios or ideas from existing Works In Progress, and I can see these techniques really bringing my writing to the next level. That’s exciting, because I’m painfully aware of how far I still have to go. Hopefully what I’m learning this last week or so before Nano will come out as I write the Nanonovel as well.
So you can expect further updates as a writing diary as I prepare and embark on Nanowrimo 2009, with every intention of winning.