Tomorrow's the first day of the eleventh moon in the Gregorian calender. Last year about this time, I checked in here, to state that it was the NaNoWriMo or the official full name, National Novel Writing Month. Then, I had dreamt to attempt my first novel writing, in the spirit of the annual novel writing project month. A year later, but with no novel in sight, here I am again, at my second attempt to write my first novel.
Problem is, I do not know what to write about, that could go that long. This creative project but encourages its supporters to write about 50k word novel! That's a tad too long for my ability to hold through and sustain my idea, if I have any. I'm not making excuses, but really, judging by the postings that I had done here, even at 1k words, it's quite a feat for me. Rarely that my postings go over the .8k mark word, but I'm taking a wild guess here.
A little different in this year, though. With a little time on my hands while swimming in the sea of unemployment, instead of whiling my time away at word games or creating artistically-challenged work of paint arts, or attempting, for the countless time, to create new recipes, or just worrying myself to death, I'm really thinking of giving it a go.
The end result might not be what a good novel should be. It might not generate any interests even to my labrats. Worse, I might not be able to leave the habit of hijacking and abusing the english language while writing it, but heck, that was what NaNoWriMo was created for in the first place. To allow writing enthusiast to let go, jump and take the plunge into depths of this so uncertain yet rewarding pool of literacy.
Furthermore, I really think that it's a good way to practise by writing. Perhaps, this might be the better measurer to check my improvements in writing. Blogging is good, for daily practise of idea generations and linguistic improvements but then again, it's not a good way to check if you can take that one great idea, intertwined it with dozens of supporting ideas and build them into an irresistible storyline. That's my opinion, per se.
So here, I am , stopping short of pledging myself to be part of the swarm of professionals and unskilled writers, trying to jump onto the bandwagon. I do hope by tomorrow, I am on it. Else, it doesn't matter when I get on it, just that by the stroke of midnight on the 30th of this month, I will hop off with a manuscript of 50k word novel in hand. Mine. And hopefully interesting enough to generate an audience and then of course, a little acknowledgment wouldn't be that bad.
Problem is, I do not know what to write about, that could go that long. This creative project but encourages its supporters to write about 50k word novel! That's a tad too long for my ability to hold through and sustain my idea, if I have any. I'm not making excuses, but really, judging by the postings that I had done here, even at 1k words, it's quite a feat for me. Rarely that my postings go over the .8k mark word, but I'm taking a wild guess here.
A little different in this year, though. With a little time on my hands while swimming in the sea of unemployment, instead of whiling my time away at word games or creating artistically-challenged work of paint arts, or attempting, for the countless time, to create new recipes, or just worrying myself to death, I'm really thinking of giving it a go.
The end result might not be what a good novel should be. It might not generate any interests even to my labrats. Worse, I might not be able to leave the habit of hijacking and abusing the english language while writing it, but heck, that was what NaNoWriMo was created for in the first place. To allow writing enthusiast to let go, jump and take the plunge into depths of this so uncertain yet rewarding pool of literacy.
Furthermore, I really think that it's a good way to practise by writing. Perhaps, this might be the better measurer to check my improvements in writing. Blogging is good, for daily practise of idea generations and linguistic improvements but then again, it's not a good way to check if you can take that one great idea, intertwined it with dozens of supporting ideas and build them into an irresistible storyline. That's my opinion, per se.
So here, I am , stopping short of pledging myself to be part of the swarm of professionals and unskilled writers, trying to jump onto the bandwagon. I do hope by tomorrow, I am on it. Else, it doesn't matter when I get on it, just that by the stroke of midnight on the 30th of this month, I will hop off with a manuscript of 50k word novel in hand. Mine. And hopefully interesting enough to generate an audience and then of course, a little acknowledgment wouldn't be that bad.
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