once more into the breach, my friends. yes, i’m doing NaNoWriMo again, in what is beginning to become a tradition. i call myself a ‘NaNoRebel’. i’m a participatory cheering section.

as i did last year, i’ll be working on a story that has already been started. last year it was a new work, this year it’s my 2007 NaNo-winning novel that’s been under heavy editing for the last couple of months. i’m not really setting a word count goal, though reaching the 50k would be awesome. instead, i’m just going to add as much new material as possible.

regardless of my own word count, though, i’m there to also cheer on those around me. at least one of my writer friends is digging in again, and i’m hoping to recruit a few more or find the ones that have already signed up.

i’m also taking the next ten days or so to get my house in order and clear a few decks for this. priority lies with my design portfolio, which has languished far too long in a half-completed state.

i’m hoping that next year i can do NaNo properly, but for now, i’m just happy to participate and tap into all that wonderful, crazy, creative energy.

you’ve always wanted to write that novel idea floating around your head, haven’t you? c’mon! join me! i dare you! www.nanowrimo.org

I broke 5k today, with a 2200 word count day no less. The story has a growing flow to it and I had a few surprises along the way. All in all, I’m quite pleased, even with being quite far behind schedule.

5250 / 50000

So, my personal word count goal is 30k. If I can get that much done on this novel by the end of NaNo, I will be a happy camper.

I’m still working to find the story, to explore the characters, and to figure out how they’re all going to get from point a to point b. This is a good thing. It means I did nowhere near enough planning and I’m flying by the seat of my pants. That’s when the good stuff starts to happen.

Seems I work best when I only know the next one or two steps, but no further. Also helpful? Having three main protagonists. If I get bored or stuck with one, I can always jump to another. I think that was my problem with the last NaNo I did, I only had one main storyline going on and when I got stuck there was nothing to do but wait for the next bit to come to me.

But for now, I’ve written enough for today and I’m off to get some sleep.

3054 / 50000

So NaNoWriMo started yesterday. I got a few words written at Midnight and a few more written before bed last night. The rest of my week looks to be fairly quiet, so I’m hopeful I can get into a groove for a few days.

I pondered my characters while on the train this morning. The time was productive and I was able to sort one of my characters out a bit better. I hadn’t figured her out and she’s still a work in progress, but at least I feel a little closer to her than I did this morning.

But, enough typing here. I’ll claim right now that I’m going to try and update regularly here, but inevitably life (and the writing itself) will interfere. If nothing else, I’ll try to post daily word counts, starting here:

406 / 50,000