Happy Halloween!Only one day to go. More prep work to do.
I had breakfast with a writing friend yesterday. It was great to see her again. I know that writing is suppose to be this solitary thing but I really like hanging out with other writers. They are my support system and inspiration. Even though we meet as a group on a regular basis I am unable to make many of those meeting. So I take the initiative to met with them outside the scheduled times. As the old saying goes "You learn something new every day." It is so true when you work with other writers. It is even truer these days with all the resources we have to find new things to learn. I anticipate the next 30 days to be the biggest learning curve I have ever been on. And what I learn I hope to pass on. Maybe next year I can get a few friends to join the ride.
In two days time I begin the biggest dream I have ever had. After nine years of writing as a beginner I have desided it is time to take the big leap. I signed up for the NaNoWriMo contest. A personal contest with the demon inside me. A true struggle within myself to see which of my inner personalities comes out on top. Can I make it to the end without giving up? Can I really write 50,000 words in 30 days? On that last day will there be a true novel waiting for the evils of editing? Only I can answer those questions and day one starts with a word count of over 1500. For today I start with the prep work. Clean everything off my desk that could distract me in any way. Fresh notebooks and a short outline of possiblities. A clean space for my cups of coffee and a dish to put a personal stash of halloween candy.