Hello there!!
It’s July. That means it is the
second session of Camp NaNoWriMo. Some
of you know what that is. For those of
you who don’t, let me explain. National
Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) is an event that began in 1999 and happens
every November – where the participants all commit to writing 50K words in that
month (the length of a short-ish novel).
In November, you only count new words – no research, no rewrites, no
editing – just writing. There is nothing wrong with that. I have participated in NaNoWriMo seven times
and I LOVE IT.
Last year I was
recovering from hip replacement surgery and I decided NOT to participate in
NaNoWriMo. Then I spent the first four days of November becoming progressively
more depressed until I realized that I was reading all the plans of my friends
to participate and I wanted to do it. So
– I did it. I don’t know if the stuff I
wrote is any good, it was a conglomeration of derivative stories because I hadn’t
planned anything. I still wrote 50K in
LESS than 30 days because I didn’t start until Day 4.
Camp NaNoWriMo has recently taken place in April
and July. The rules for Camp NaNo are
more flexible – you can do research, you can do edits, revisions, etc. New words are good too. You can set your own word count – if you want
to write 50K, you can. If you want to
write 30K – awesome. If you want to write 100K -- knock yourself out.
In April, I typed
the manuscript (a true manuscript, written by hand) of my WIP, Essence of
Life. As always, I did a first
revision while I was typing. I found
myself very pleased with the story and the characters. That lead me to more research in May and June
– and the goal for this month is to FINISH the STORY (or at least, this part of
the story) so I can get it out for comment in August and then have time to
decide what I am going to write about in November.
So – that’s my plan for July!!! I hope yours is as exciting as I am sure mine
will be.
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