As a 2011 NaNoWriMo Participant, I have learned that inspiration can hit AFTER you start writing. That even with worrying about your late start on the day's NaNo WC, the muse can still show up pretty much immediately upon tapping those keys.
My mantra this year is to have fun with it, to keep my Internal Editor gagged and to not question the writing. I leave notes that remind me to add this, or move that, and I've hit a sweet spot two days in a row, so I'm jazzed.
As of late yesterday, my NaNo WC reached 17,489. If I can keep up my current daily pace, I should hit the magical 50,000 WC mark by November 22! Wow! Of course, I intend to continue on.
What helped me is that I took a character, the grandfather, from my soon-to-be-released debut novel, "Good Ole Boys," and am working on his story in the NaNo prequel novel. In fact, some interesting details came out in the NaNo prequel that alters my timeline of some events in the original tale. Good thing I know that now, so I can edit those entries before uploading the first story.
Two amazing things happened (so far) during NaNo. I needed something on two occasions--two surprise factors--that slid home what emotion I was trying to hit, and hit hard. It was astounding what came to me WITHIN NANOSECONDS (pun not intended here!) that I DID NOT KNOW about my own story creation. They continue to shock me. Just goes to prove that once you set about to do something, the universe or God, or whoever is your personal favorite, steps in to aid us. Simply stupefying. In a good way.
Oh, and just so you know: Before a book is published, it is correct to put it within quotations as I've done above. See CMS 8.195.
Of course, after publication, it becomes the italicized version we all know and love.
Write on, fellow NaNo peeps! #nanowrimo
Two amazing things happened (so far) during NaNo. I needed something on two occasions--two surprise factors--that slid home what emotion I was trying to hit, and hit hard. It was astounding what came to me WITHIN NANOSECONDS (pun not intended here!) that I DID NOT KNOW about my own story creation. They continue to shock me. Just goes to prove that once you set about to do something, the universe or God, or whoever is your personal favorite, steps in to aid us. Simply stupefying. In a good way.
Oh, and just so you know: Before a book is published, it is correct to put it within quotations as I've done above. See CMS 8.195.
Of course, after publication, it becomes the italicized version we all know and love.
Write on, fellow NaNo peeps! #nanowrimo
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