14 October
today's virtue: Noble Speech, consciously slowing down so I can say what I mean and mean what I say
I decided, since a similar thread that I started last year had helped me a lot, to create this thread for my 2015 NaNoWriMo journey. As I write and discover things along, I shall post insights here, and hopefully help newbies.
It is a few weeks before 1st November, and I am reviewing Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande. I do already have a germ idea for this year's novel, something I have been carrying for the past fifteen years. I have lots of novel ideas at the moment, but being human, can only write one at a time, so let me use the earliest ideas I had which, at the time, I was too timid to write. I am older now, but I write not because I feel I am wiser, but because NaNoWriMo gives me the opportunity now to write those stories which I never had the courage to do so in the past.
I sat meditation for one hour today, and I think I shall continue that practice throughout writing this novel. I shall refrain from titling or providing a synopsis of my novel until I finish it. Last year I had the unfortunate experience of receiving unsolicited advice from "seasoned" NaNoWriters about my novel based solely on the synopsis I provided. It was not helpful, so I won't do that now.
These few weeks before the actual writing period are important. They are gestation, conception, feeding the Unconscious with images, ideas, historical research. I specifically enjoyed Crash Course on youtube, particularly their 42-episode World History Series. I am deepening what I learned from there via ancient-origins.net, another wonderful resource.
I actually had the temerity this year to volunteer myself as a Mentor. I do feel that having a companion in writing might help spur me on to 50,000 words. If anyone, that is, besides myself, finds this blog useful and would want to interact with me, feel free to "Reply" and add your comments to this thread. I invite and appreciate healthy discussion.
My pseudo-goals before actual writing on November 1st: re-visit the vipassana videos on youtube, and finish reading Beauty's Kingdom by A.N. Roquelaure.
today's virtue: Noble Speech, consciously slowing down so I can say what I mean and mean what I say
I decided, since a similar thread that I started last year had helped me a lot, to create this thread for my 2015 NaNoWriMo journey. As I write and discover things along, I shall post insights here, and hopefully help newbies.
It is a few weeks before 1st November, and I am reviewing Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande. I do already have a germ idea for this year's novel, something I have been carrying for the past fifteen years. I have lots of novel ideas at the moment, but being human, can only write one at a time, so let me use the earliest ideas I had which, at the time, I was too timid to write. I am older now, but I write not because I feel I am wiser, but because NaNoWriMo gives me the opportunity now to write those stories which I never had the courage to do so in the past.
I sat meditation for one hour today, and I think I shall continue that practice throughout writing this novel. I shall refrain from titling or providing a synopsis of my novel until I finish it. Last year I had the unfortunate experience of receiving unsolicited advice from "seasoned" NaNoWriters about my novel based solely on the synopsis I provided. It was not helpful, so I won't do that now.
These few weeks before the actual writing period are important. They are gestation, conception, feeding the Unconscious with images, ideas, historical research. I specifically enjoyed Crash Course on youtube, particularly their 42-episode World History Series. I am deepening what I learned from there via ancient-origins.net, another wonderful resource.
I actually had the temerity this year to volunteer myself as a Mentor. I do feel that having a companion in writing might help spur me on to 50,000 words. If anyone, that is, besides myself, finds this blog useful and would want to interact with me, feel free to "Reply" and add your comments to this thread. I invite and appreciate healthy discussion.
My pseudo-goals before actual writing on November 1st: re-visit the vipassana videos on youtube, and finish reading Beauty's Kingdom by A.N. Roquelaure.
