I have joined nanowrimo in order to write a novel this November. One month — 50,000 words of fictional prose, quality optional. You can view my profile at the nanowrimo.com web site, but I will also be using this blog for updates.
The idea is to write about 1,667 words a day and not look back until the end of the month.
I’m going to use my Mitch Gann character as an amateur detective. But I’m not sure if I want the story to be contemporary or historical fiction. (Yes, I figure any story set in the period of my youth or young adulthood would now qualify as historical fiction!)
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1 CathyAJ // Oct 18, 2007 at 7:16 am
This is such a cool idea! Mitch will make a great amateur detective and you have lots of good stuff on the Flinty Gaze already. I really like the idea of writing every day for a month without looking back but I wonder if I’d have the willpower NOT to look.
2 Jim // Oct 19, 2007 at 8:13 am
This NaNoWritMo is a lot like a really big free write, but with an effort to make sense and sustain a story line (or two or three). The motto is, “Don’t get it right, get it written!”
It will be tough for me not to look back because I am really more of an editor than a writer. Or at least have been up to this point.
As for using stuff from the Flinty Gaze, I’m going to try not to — except for the basic characters, settings, etc. Probably some of the actual writing will work its way in, eventually, but I want to write 50,000 new words of fiction in November.
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