With 17 days to NaNoWriMo the other day, I was so proud of
myself as I came up with a brilliant idea for this year’s challenge. I was going to write an anti-love or
anti-romance story. I wasn’t planning it
in a negative way, I was going to be writing it as a story of someone learning
to accept herself, maybe it would be a love story in that she would learn to
love and accept herself. As I was
jotting down notes, I realized I was planning a memoiristic type of tale. That was good really, I thought. I saw it as a good message, started drifting
away from making it fiction and turning it into a true memoir. All was well and I was happy.
Two days later, as I’m percolating on this idea and reading
some fun fiction people are writing I realized that no, I don’t want to do
that, I want to write something fun. I want to create something and make something
new and exciting. I even decided that
this realization would be a great blog topic.
Kudos for me. I play with some
ideas, think maybe I should write the sequel to Hybrid Factor, this great story that really needs to be edited (Boy have I learned a lot since I started
that project) and now I’m second
guessing that one too. So, where am I on
making a plan for NaNoWriMo you may ask?
Nowhere, again. I’m still trying
to decide what to do.
Now I’m reading My Side Of
The Mountain to BA for our bedtime story, and I’m thinking ‘maybe a good
kids’ adventure tale. Ugh! What to do
now? I’m making it a point to read a lot
more and I know I’ve got to keep an open mind.
I used to have so many stories buried deep inside, but I can’t seem to
remember any of them. I know I want
horses in there, dogs would be nice as well.
I haven’t decided on whether or not I want kids involved. I also thought about doing Horsieville from an adult’s perspective. Horsieville
is a novella I put together in the spirit of all of these horsie series that
are so popular today. Of course Horsieville,
much like Hybrid Factor are these
wonderful stories penned out, never edited that are collecting dust since they
are nowhere near publishable.
The good thing is however, that my creative juices are
flowing again as I look at all the possibilities to write. The old dried up stories are starting to come
back to life as I float through ideas. I
have faith that when the time comes I will be ready to make a decision and go
with it. This idea I’ll develop is going
to start flowing from my fingertips and become an addiction much like getting
stuck in a good book does and I can hardly wait. The anticipation of the coming month has me
feeling excited and I am enjoying my near daily excursions to the computer to
tap out another blog post, a little something to get me warmed up and
limber. I can feel my brain percolating
as all these pieces of ideas go floating around in my head and I keep doing my
best to feed it. NaNoWriMo is just
around the corner waiting for me, and I’m getting my focus on for the upcoming
event.
How about you, do you want to NaNoWriMo with me? It’s going to be great fun and it’ll give you
a chance to get that inner literary genius you have hidden deep down inside out
for a lap on its own.
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