Okay, Okay, I'll do it!
But it still doesn't mean I know what to do. I've done SoCNoC once before...the first year it was out, actually. For those people, I'm the old bluwaterbabe99 (that's who I am over at NaNo, too). I've written a total of 3 (or is it 4) months worth of 50K but haven't finished any story...ever.
So my friend (who isn't a writer, btw, he's just known me forever) reminded me of this just today. I had forgotten about it until just a few hours ago, and so I have nothing prepared. I usually look up names like crazy (I'm only a little obsessed with meanings) and get at least an idea...but as of right now I have none.
Gods help me, I'll need it.
I hope you're more prepared than I am. I'm sure I'll be fine, I just freak out too easily about projects. Here I go to prepare...
Welcome to the crazy writing challenge of 50K! I hope you hang on tight--because it's gonna be a wonderful ride! :)
Blessings to you on your journey!
Welcome back Pagan4Trees and welcome ritski! The exuberance and excitement for SoCNoC, especially from those who have decided to throw in everything they've got at the last minute is really contagious.
Ritski, it can be really hard to come back from such a knock with writer's block. I'm so glad you're giving yourself and your dreams another shot. There's a creativity workshop I'm doing at the moment that had a post about writer's block this week. It mentions The Artist's Way which is something I've been working with as well. It's been really eye opening, not just for my writing but for myself too.
Ritski, I should have checked out your blog before mentioning the Artist's Way. It's so exciting to find someone else who's working through it. I have now subscribed and hope to catch up on your last few posts soon. Good luck!
Hey Kerryn - thanks for the tips! Yes, funnily, it was completing the Artists' Way that inspired me to pen that play in the first place. Some things still resonate from the experience all these years later, but I guess life just got in the way and I convinced myself I needed to be a lot older before I had stories worth telling. Now I look back and wonder why I wasted all that time!!
Pagan4trees - I am suitably impressed! Your track record is enviable and the lack of planning you admit to is inspiring testimony to the fact that it can still be done without a master plan! Yay!!
I still haven't properly introduced myself; I'm new to kiwiwriters and SoCnoC.. and I've always wanted to call myself a 'writer' but like others have mentioned before me, does just 'writing' define you as one?
Ten years ago I wrote and directed my first play - it was a life changing moment, but the enormity of what I had done freaked me out; I didn't know how to do it again, and subsequently fell into writer's block. I started a novel but got 10,000 words in before realising how much I didn't like what I had written and ultimately gave up. Then I wrote a novel-length account of life in Japan while I lived and taught there in 2007... (basically a compilation of blogs)
And now I'm here. Hoping to write something worthwhile and seeing if I can actually follow that dream that we all dream of..... if you don't try it won't happen, right?
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