Friday, October 31, 2008

nanowe’en

Nanowrimo begins in a matter of hours (and yes, I’m hoping to scrawl at least one sentence after midnight tonight).

But I’ve got to wonder: Am I in denial?

Somehow, looking at a month of 2000+ words each workday (Sundays and Thanksgiving off)... doesn’t sound all that bad. In fact, I feel pretty casual about the whole thing.

Maybe I’m just worn out? So worn out that the idea of flipping on my computer and letting my fingers loose for 2000 words or so sounds almost… soothing. Relaxing. Like it will be a relief to crank through my outline, translating scene ideas and my rough sense of direction into (hopefully comprehensible) paragraph after paragraph…

Maybe I’ll wake up midweek, mug of coffee fused to my hand, eyes unable to blink closed, with the realization that I have 40,000 more words breathing down my neck. And perhaps my characters will stop talking (they’ll take up pool or something—maybe install a foosball table in their private area of the story, some place the author can’t get to), and the whole thing will go pearshaped, but right now? I don’t see it being a problem.

Ha! Once again, optimism and a healthy disconnect from reality step in to save my state of mind. Nanowrimo will be fabulous.—jl

Posted by Jenn Langefeld on 10/31 at 03:50 PM
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