NaNoWriMo –> NoMo!
Blobs grow in beloved gardens (1975), by F. Hundertwasser
Midnight tonight is the end of NaNoWriMo, but I’m done for now. I did 22,325 of the 50,000-word goal, so YES there was a supernova-like burst of “story” near the end. It’s hard to know how much of what I’ve done is good, especially since I could only write a little bit here and there, but I don’t think any of this has been a waste of time and believe I’ll finish post-NaNoWriMo. The coolest thing of all is that my main characters are talking to me (again) after being stowed away for so long. And they have a lot to say that I never even thought of before. What a wild, weird thing the mind is!
Lourdes Mint's Mid-Life Miracle 
Congrats — I did it a few years ago and didn’t break 5 K. Oh well!
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Thanks. I never thought I’d be interested in writing a novel. I wouldn’t have tried this unless it seemed like I should (it came to me sort of all in one piece). But now that I’m writing it, it’s not going in the direction I thought it would, at least not directly. I always seem to go “sideways” as much as I go forward, little explorations of things that don’t advance the plot in any apparent way. Maybe I’ll cut that stuff out later. I have no idea why I do it.
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I have great ideas for novels, but not enough drive to actually do it. That and I don’t have a clue where anything should go.
Some day I’ll try it again, though.
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I have no idea where anything should go either. Even though I have an outline, a first for me, have I looked at it? No. I’m just trying to follow my instincts, not that I’ve found them to be particularly sharp. But why not? I try not to think of the many possible answers to that to that question while I’m writing. And I BET YOU DO have some good ideas in there!
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Yes. And yes, my good ideas need to ferment!
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Just to a point, though, right?
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Right. 12 years??????
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Oh, my gosh — that’s me. There is such a thing as too much fermentation. Good ideas get pickled.
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I agree. It was just right to just write. Nothing is lost.
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And now I keep going! I think I need a new “About” page for my blog.
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