NaNoWiMo has begun. It’s funny that this, the first year I have finally actually sat down and begun writing a NaNo (despite planning to for the last 3 years), the story I planned right up to the start is now almost mostly out of the window. The central idea is still there, but the style and events have changed completely. It all started when I woke up and heard the raining pouring outside…
It also doesn’t help that last night was Hallowe’en, spent watching scary movies, and we’d also gone on a ghost walk in Edinburgh last weekend. Plus, I’ve just begun reading a book about the haunted Greyfriars graveyard in Edinburgh. No wonder everything has gone topsy turvy.
NaNoWiMo is just what I need right now. I’ve been trying to get over the stopping point that’s kept me from starting writing again for so long – recent posts on the topic of creativity by Merlin Mann have helped, certainly, but NaNo is right up there as a major impetus to get things rolling again. So, hooray NaNo!
Day 1’s writing is now down, with over 2100 words (an average of 1667 a day is needed throughout November to hit the 50,000 word target), I thing it’s a good start. Huzzah.