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NaNoWriMo- or yes, I’m crazy

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Well, ya gotta do it sometime, right?  It’s NaNo season again.  Time to stretch those story creating muscles.  I’m anxious to get started.  But I’m preparing too.

An outline will do wonders for my progress.  It will make each day I sit down easier.   I also remember that the first 4 days suck.  It’s hard to sit down and create a world from nothing.

But by day 4 I should start to get into the groove.  The words will hopefully flow and my story will gel.  And by the end of November I’ll have the rough draft of a novel.  Won’t my critique group be thrilled.  Something completely different than the fantasy middle grade they’ve been reading from me.

So I’ve got the outline, I’m reviewing the notes I’ve written on the storyline and the world… hmmm maybe I should work on the world rules.  That’s an idea.  Off I go to work on world rules!

Have fun all and enjoy prepping for NaNo.  Here’s the link if you dare:

http://www.nanowrimo.org

Feel free to make me your buddy at:  http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/124994

How do you prepare for NaNo?