Let the Nanowrimoey Goodness Begin

Quote of the Day/Week/Millenium:

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. ~Lord Byron

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

About me

Name: Sian
I paint, write, and dance. Also cook vegetarian food.

Counter

visited *loading* times

Friday, 28 October 2005

Let the Nanowrimoey Goodness Begin

I really am going to work on writing this novel for Nanowrimo. And I still think that you should all join me in the insanity. Can I tag everyone who reads this to have to write 50,000 words in one month with me? No? Oh, well, okay. Maybe it is asking a bit too much. Including today, I have four more days before it all starts, so, this is your fair warning. You could be on your own for a while.

I'm not trying to write the great American novel, here. In the first place, people would always debate whether it actually was American, or if my foreign influences were too strong, and in the second place, great novels always seem to have either a much lower or a much higher body count than mine, and they always have less graphic detail. How many people were flayed alive in Pride and Prejudice? In my novel? Oh, probably thousands.

I'm writing a thriller. We've been debating the exact difference between a thriller and a horror story on the forums, and I'm pretty well convinced that my book is going to be a thriller, and not a horror story. Although the movie, when they make one, will probably wind up being a horror flick. They always seem to lobotomize the crap out of the movie version.

In any event, I have a serial killer, a couple dozen victims, and a couple of blank notebooks, so I'm ready.

Really.

I am.

Okay, I have a serial killer, a couple dozen victims, a couple of blank notebooks, an outline, and a very detailed profile of each of the major characters. And the thought of another four days before I can actually start writing the thing is driving me nuts. I think I'm actually out of things that I can do, without actually starting in on writing the story. But I'm being good.

And I'm told that all I really have to do to make 50,000 words in one month is just to add a little bit, each day.

I'm just so reassured.