Nano hell
Are you writing a novel? Are you enjoying the process? I’m at 9,700 words and behind schedule, but intrigued and scared by the words that I write. Nano certainly brings out the dark underbelly of story telling for me. If under normal circumstances I could be accused of letting my characters off easy, one would have to withdraw the charge with my nano novels.
I’m not sure if it is the stream of conscious writing, or the disquiet of attempting to write a novel of 30 days, but there’s something about Nano that leads me to take my sweet, innocent and nice main characters and force them to face the bleakest and most terrifying faces of humanity.
I’m not even sure if, without nano, I’d have the courage to write the things I’m writing now. My non-nano novel is much nicer, and less successful.
Anyway, I hope all you nano writers out there are having fun, or at the very least, are getting lots of support for the writing you are doing. If you are already in the middle of the dark forest, remember that you will most certainly find your way out in the next 20 days. You will not be lost there forever.
2 comments so far
Leave a reply
Im feeling uneasy about the whole thing myself. Never did it before but it is proving to be an excerise in acceptance.
Charleneely — are you uneasy about the story you are telling, or about the daunting task of writing so often and so much?
Acceptance is a great attribute for a writer. It’s the only antidote for the many rejections a writer must process.
At least you know that you are not alone on the journey…many of us are here in the dark night with you.