Nanowrimo 2016 Declaring the Novel…Or Not
Oct. 19th, 2016 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidhe_faerieOkay, so it's the middle of October and I still haven't got a clue what I’m writing this year for Nanowrimo. Why is it so hard to do this? It seems like I go through this almost every year.
On a happy note, I did find some world building notes in an old notebook but I can't get it fleshed out enough to use it this year. The soonest I would be able to use it would be next year, maybe. To be honest, I don't even remember what they were for. It looks like some kind of science fiction story. All it has are the races and a few general notes about an unnamed planet.
I do have another option. I could pick something out of The Pile and go for it but I don't think anything in there is going to reach 50 thousand words. I could just work my way through it, or, at least, try to. I tried that last year for my novel but I crashed and burned. I wanted to get the word count and finish things but somehow it didn’t work out.
So, if I do go with The Pile, will it be all original fiction or all fan fiction? I would prefer original fiction. It seems more appropriate for Nanowwrimo than fan fiction. The point of Nanowrimo is to create something original and new not a redo of someone else's story.
My third option is that I could also try to come up with something in the next two weeks. That is easier said than done or I would have done it already.
I'm not sure what I should do. I have two weeks to decide. It's not much time but I have to decide on a plan and stick to it. I just hope i don't crash and burn again this year
On a happy note, I did find some world building notes in an old notebook but I can't get it fleshed out enough to use it this year. The soonest I would be able to use it would be next year, maybe. To be honest, I don't even remember what they were for. It looks like some kind of science fiction story. All it has are the races and a few general notes about an unnamed planet.
I do have another option. I could pick something out of The Pile and go for it but I don't think anything in there is going to reach 50 thousand words. I could just work my way through it, or, at least, try to. I tried that last year for my novel but I crashed and burned. I wanted to get the word count and finish things but somehow it didn’t work out.
So, if I do go with The Pile, will it be all original fiction or all fan fiction? I would prefer original fiction. It seems more appropriate for Nanowwrimo than fan fiction. The point of Nanowrimo is to create something original and new not a redo of someone else's story.
My third option is that I could also try to come up with something in the next two weeks. That is easier said than done or I would have done it already.
I'm not sure what I should do. I have two weeks to decide. It's not much time but I have to decide on a plan and stick to it. I just hope i don't crash and burn again this year