I only discovered NaNoWriMo last year when people on YouTube were talking about it. I was so interested and so eager to be a part of it, but unfortunately it was too late to start. This year, I will do it. Although it's November and it's a month full of tests and projects and work, I'll try to keep up with it and write those terrifying 50,000 words.
There's a slight problem, though. It's sixteen days away and I have no idea whatsoever of what I should write about. I started working on something two years ago and I've done a few chapters, but nothing special. I've showed it to some of my friends without telling them who wrote it and they were really interested, so I have that feedback. It's a very girly-girl fashion related... draft. Think The Devil Wears Prada meets Gossip Girl. I would love for other people who don't know me to read a bit of it, say the first two chapters, and tell me what they think of it.
But anyway, I think continuing something I've started two years ago (but never finished or even continued it) would be cheating. I would already have a big advantage, wouldn't I? What do you think?
Are you thinking of joining NaNoWriMo? I reckon that if you want to write a book but never get around to actually starting it, this project is great for this. It's nice knowing that there are thousands of people on board :)
- Ana
I don't think it's cheating. You can do as much outlining and preparation as you want, and having that as a rough start can't hurt. You can always begin by redrafting or redrawing what you have as a skeleton.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of nanowrimo but I've never been much of a fiction writer.
Good luck!