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NaNoWriMo: First 350 Words (or so)
Nov 5th
Ok, tonight was my first foray into my NaNoWriMo entry. I spent an hour and a half, and about half of it was spent looking up words, figuring out names for some of my characters, and finding a synonym for “candle.”
Anyway, I managed to eek out 350 words or so. In the scope of 50,000, it’s a drop in the bucket (probably less than that, actually). However, I did enjoy the 350 words I created, and the process of sitting down and writing has generated a lot of ideas for tomorrow’s efforts. I’m making notes, and getting excited for what this will shape up to be!
My entry is entitled “The Book of the Universe.” That’s all I’m going to disclose regarding the entry itself, but here are the first 350 words. Enjoy 🙂
Chapter 1: Ancient of Days
The light from the lone candle cast long and warm shadows over the sparse, wearing-down inhabitants of the study. It was not a study in the fashion of other studies; were it not for the small, weary writing desk and the cracked wooden stool, the room could scarcely have been distinguished from an abandoned closet. In such a condition, then, it is quite understandable that the More >
Taking a Break for NanoWriMo
Nov 3rd
I’m pretty proud of myself: over the last 3 months, I have become much more consistent about blogging (nearly daily), and I’ve also started reading regularly again. Part of this is due to my schedule slowing down a bit, and some of it is thanks to some better decision-making on my part.
To celebrate–and hopefully extend–this run of success, I’m actually going to be taking a bit of a furlough from the blog, or at least my normal posts about ColdFusion and theology. Through the end of November, I’m going to be participating in National Novel Writing Month.
National Novel Writing Month (or NanoWriMo as it’s affectionately called) is a simple challenge to the world to write a 50,000 word novel…in 30 days. While it seems like a ridiculously compressed time frame, I think it’s an intriguing idea, because it forces ideas to be put down on paper while leaving less room for the procrastination-breeding eye of the perfectionist. 50,000 words don’t come easy, so every second counts!
So anyway, I’m going to give it a shot. This is my first year to try, so I’m not sure what to expect. However, I think it will be a good experience whatever the outcome, and More >
