So it's the first of November, which only means one thing... National Novel Writing Month has begun, and I am NOT prepared!
Usually, the last week of October is spent preparing for NaNoWriMo, meaning getting some writing playlists ready, planning which days I may have trouble getting 1667 words written, getting my projects planned out so I can just write steadily throughout the month. This year thought, to say the least, that didn't happen.
This past week has been a reading week at uni, so I've been off lectures, which is great, more time to spend planning. Yet that didn't happen, somehow I've either been incredibly busy, the day itself has run away, or I've been incredibly ill. Literally, I've had a week of busy days (which never happens), days that go so fast I haven't had time to do anything significant, or I've been so ill I haven't been able to move. And I have no idea why this has happened! Usually I manage really well, I can get stuff done and get myself properly prepared for a month of novel writing madness. This year though, it seems as if the world decided to go 'NOPE, YOU'RE SCREWED SUCKERRRRRRRRR' at me!
So yesterday was spent having a mad scramble to get everything sorted, while also enjoying Halloween to some extent. It was not an easy task I can tell you, and now I've had to spill prep into today, which is the first day of NaNoWriMo! Ahhhhh!
But, in good news, I think I have sorted myself out. I've got a rough idea about where both my stories are going, I've had some time to have a good stab at my word count (currently 400 off but that'll soon be fixed) so I think I'm going to do okay. If I'm lucky. And I'm determined, which I am. I think.
Basically, I think I'm going to be okay, if I hit writers block I'm screwed, but I have a vague plan for my projects and a best friend to bounce ideas off of, I can manage. If that fails, I'll built up word count by writing blogs about my progress over here, because I'm a terrible cheat when it comes to word count!
Hopefully, all is going to go to plan, I'll write blog posts anyway, but won't need to add them to my daily word count, as I'll reach the daily goal with my usual projects. If not, well, never mind, I'll still have written 1667 words a day for 30 days, which is the point of this challenge anyway. At some point, I may even have time to upload a vlog or two this month, though that is currently looking very doubtful, so I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. Blogs should be okay though, as that doesn't require me moving from my seat, or breaking the flow of typing.
Let's just wait and see what happens, shall we? May be easily than all this guessing!
To anybody else doing NaNoWriMo, good luck and I hope your prep was easier than mine!
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