It’s the start of a new day for my NaNovel (NaNo Novel). I’ve been feeling really put out about it. I don’t remember last year being so hard! I don’t remember stressing out and feeling like my writing was complete drivel. But I guess I did, according to my friends and family. Knowing that, I feel beter somehow. Like a lot of weight has been lifted from my heart.

Elezar and Snefru are turning out fine as characters. I think I need to give them more room to just run with things though. There is still something that doesn’t feel right about them yet. It might be because I’m trying a third person limited viewpoint. I really like getting into the head sof everyone whenever I feel like it, but this NaNovel is going to be 3rd limited, even if it kills me. (If it does get close to killing me, I’m going to go omniscient and work things out later, so no worries!) 

The plot is turning out relitively okay. It had a shaky start at first, but I think I’m getting back into the swing of things. I think I’ll just let the characters do whatever they want. They know what I want, but do they listen? Of course not. Then again, that’s only fair, it’s their story after all. Things tend to turn out better if I just follow them where they want to go, rather than forcing them to do things my way (like the ill-written car trip in my NaNovel).

I’ll try to update this at least every few days. I’d like to have a chronicle of my current NaNo, even if no one else reads it.

Thanks to anyone who did look~

I found my ‘No Plot? No Problem!’ book! Rather Mom found it. Go mom! With this book, henceforth the NaNoBook, I feel empowered and ready for NaNo Preparation! Except I have vowed to not seriously start planning until the last week of October. Maybe the last week and a half. I wonder…

Also, as that last year 2000 words a day left me with 55,000 a week or so earlier than the end of November, I wonder if I should try for more? Like 60,000 or something? That would be… well, still 2000 a day, but I wouldn’t be able to let up until the end, unlike last year. That might be a little more challenging. 60,000 or 65,000? 65,000 would be pushing it… That feels like a lot to me. That’s 2242 words a night for 29 days straight. And even if I fall short, I can still win. I just might not be finished. Hm. Maybe I’ll try that. What do you guys think? 65,000 words in a month. Or 63,800 words in one month if I do 2,200 words a night. 63,800 might be a fun number to finish on.

And is it really planning if something just jumps out at you? I said no planning, but is it my fault if, when I write something while listening to a certain song, one of my characters jumps out and says, "Me! Pick me! I have a story for you!" Not my fault, right? They did it. Right! I was not actively involved in the NaNo planning, so therefore, it’s not planning! I’m still not sure if I’ll do it, but I wrote a letter to that character asking if they were really interested. He said yes, so I told him that it was only an option at this point and that I may do something else. He’s fine with that. So we’ll see. The NaNoBook will decide the fact of my story plots. I guess it’s time to go back through my notes and everything too, huh?

Oh! Mom is gonna do NaNo this year too! It’s so cute, she’s all signed up on the website and everything! It’ll be ncie to NaNo alongside more people I know. She’s been having a bad time recently. I reminded her that NaNo was coming up and she said she’d consider it. After a little wheeling and dealing for the NaNo, she agreed to do it. She wanted to do it a few months ago too. I think it’ll be a good stress relief for her. I hope she enjoys it. She’s gonna find a cheap portable typing thingie and write at work and such. She’s even ordering her very own NaNoBook. It’ll be interesting to see what she does.

Also, for those actually reading this, I did get accepted into the Creative Writing program! Yay! We had our first meeting today, which went well. I got to meet a few of the other certificate program students. They all seem really accomplished, so it’s a bit intimidating, but I’m gonna do my best! They’re nice. I’ll try not to be scared, haha.

I’m also signed up for another class in addition to my Intro to Fiction course. It’s a one on one with a professor from the Creative Writing department. It’s really an interesting thing! And by interesting, I mean fun! He’s a great guy, really great to talk to, and I think it’ll help with my writing. He’s loaned me a couple of books to help with my understanding of PoV and such things. I’m working on reading those now. This week, we might get a couple of short stories printed and read those.  It’s a great little class. I’m looking forward to the whole semester of it.

And that’s it for now!
Good night!

Hello again!

A new school semester has started for me, full of exciting writing prospects. First of which: I finally got off my lazy backside and applied to the Creative Writing Certificate Program. I’m waiting for a reply on whether or not they accepted my application. It’s scary, opening up yourself to someone else like that! Writing seems so personal sometimes! And when you set it out there, for all the world to see, it’s like tearing open your soul. You don’t want anyone to reject it. To think it bad. But still, someone has to like it, right?

Secondly, I’m in a Introduction to Fiction class at school this year, so I can learn some new stuff! Hopefully even write some new stories. That would be nice. I feel like if I start something, I won’t be able to get it done. I need to impose another deadline on myself, I guess. I miss NaNo.

And third, I met some more writers who share hobbies with me! We decided to stat a community online to share and critique each other’s stories. How neat is that? A writing community with people you can actually relate to about something other than writing. Sounds tasty to me.

And I’ve discovered romance novels. And I like them. Though they’re more like fiction books with some bed scenes thrown in. Is that all a romance novel is? Maybe I’ve eliminated an entire section out of hand?

That’s all for now! See ya~

EDIT: I got accepted into the writing program ^_^ Yay for me!

Well, the Southern Cross Novel Challenge did not work out for me this year, haha. I got 11,660 words in before losing my drive.

I do know what went wrong though. Before starting a story, knowing your PoV is really important. I mean, I knew which one to write it in and that worked well, but my perspective character was wrong. Very wrong. As much as I love Isamael, he can’t be my main character this time around. He doesn’t care enough about the issues in the story. I found that instead of him, it was the girl causing me the most trouble, Nari, who was really moving things along. It’s her story, not Isam’s. So I suppose it was a good thing I didn’t get very far in. I need to do some major rewriting.

I haven’t written anything since then. I need to edit some older stories for a portfolio and apply to a writing program at my college. Here’s to courage! Wish me luck, my invisible friends!