Curious

[ithildin]

So, this NaNo thing, and those of you who are doing it -- what's the attraction? I have RL friends who do it every year, I know dozens more on the internet, and now it seems half my f'list is participating. Me? I've never been even remotely tempted to do it. So I'm curious as to what the draw is. Just because [g]

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[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

It's become a highlight of my year. Better than Christmas!

I do it for one of the main reasons given on the Nanowrimo website -- the deadline and the insane word count means that you have to write lickety-split, and there is no time to listen to Radio KFKD (that's the station that broadcasts your Inner Editor whining about how bad your writing is and how you'll never be as good as [insert fave author here]).

And I've found that I'm an "exploratory" writer -- that is, I write to find out what I want to write. I mean, I'll have an idea or at least an inkling (or, you know, a prompt for a challenge *g*) but when I really get deep in the writing, stuff appears out of... somewhere deep in my little grey cells. I LOVE that.

Nanowrimo is perfect for this. This year I'm really taking it on faith and jumping off a cliff into freefall. All I know is there are *stories* in my childhood (which was weird) that I can mine and plunder and remix. I have a few ideas for "chapters," but mostly my plan is to write to pry the stories out of my memory. It looks like it might work; this morning I just started *describing* my grandparents' house (where a lot of the weird stuff happened) and came up with the first glimmerings of a LOT of stuff to mine &tc.

I've also found that I like writing in groups (which really surprises me!) and we're having Sunday write-ins at the bookstore. Fun times!

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It's cool you get so much enjoyment from it :)