NaNoWriMo 2009 is right around the corner
Yay, it’s almost November again and even though I really, really have no time for it I decided to try my hand at novel writing the fun way again. In other words: I signed up for my second NaNoWriMo.
Last year I was a couple days late, because I stumbled on the site only on November, 3rd or so. This year I am in it even before the official start, spending way too much time in the forums.
As per the rules one is allowed to outline a story, but the actual writing of it has to start only on November, 1st. I did that last year (sans the outline, obviously) and it worked fine. So, common sense says I should just do the same thing this year.
But since when do I listen to common sense?
Thing is, even though I managed to write more than 50.000 words last November and so technically “won”, I failed to finish the story. Moreover, all this year I still failed to finish the story, because I just had other things on my mind and never got around to much writing at all.
So it looks like I will be a NaNo-rebel this year. I just have to finish this damn story, before I have any hope of being able to concentrate on another one. From what I have heard from other WriMo’s this strategy can backfire completely and end in miserable failure, but I take that risk. If it isn’t working at all I can always switch to a new story after a week or so.
For now I am excited and can’t wait to get started. 
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