but it's giving it back! JK.

Actually, real life has been polite enough to not get too much in the way and the rapid writing frenzy has done me a lot of good. For instance, I woke up on Monday morning and realized "Oh shoot! I stayed up late writing Nano last night and COMPLETELY forgot about writing this extra credit paper for today!" So, I get on my computer and I write the little two page thing snickity snap! It sounded great, too! I had been writing so much, that I was able to write it quickly enough that I could go over it three or four times before I actually had to get to class! Isn't that great!?!?!

Admittedly, though, the supernatural world set in my chaotic little college town has been coloring my real life experiences significantly. My notes are littered with other notes about characters and locations, all cataloging the scenes around me with distinct accuracy. Actually, while I was watching a movie in Art History, I took out a little bit of time to write a story about how everyone in my Art History class suddenly all got up and turned into zombies saying, all zoned out and crying "Brains! BRRRAINS!" I had to stop though. It was just a little too close to reality, their eyes phased out, their mouths open and hynotized all subject to the subconscious suggestions about "Art History through the ages" and "How art history explains art, persuasion, television and other lively artisic discoveries". If it had been, "How you could eat out your nieghbors brains and help conquer the world" the effect may have been a little more drastic.

So, I shall trudge on! I'm at 32,000 words now! I was checking up on Ocean Pacific, my last full length novel that I wrote. Right now I am 2,000 words short of surpassing it! GEEZ! That means, when I pass 4,000 words I will have written the longest single manuscript that I have EVER written in my entire life! No only that, but I will have written it in LESS TIME than I ever have in my ENTIRE LIFE! WOW! That's really amazing!

It's not to late to join Nano! Even if you don't write like I do: a story crazed maniac, November and the Nano community is the best resource out there to get you and your novel off of their posteriors and on to writing! You too can write 32,000 words in only 15 days (the number of days left in Nanowrimo!) And you know what?! Even if you aren't a 'winner'. Even if you don't write 50,00 words, you will still have the words you have written and THAT my friend, is a priceless donation to your literary career!

In all the writer's talks that I have been to this is the most widely given and reoccuring piece of advice: read, read, read, write, write, write. Most of all practice, practice, practice! Books don't write themselves, that's why we pay for them. So get out there! Join nano!

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well it's 2:23 am and I was just catching up on your blog. I like your entry about being mortal. One of my new favorite words is "Weltschmerz" which refers to the pain that you feel when the world doesn't live up to your idealistic expectations. Some of the emotions you were talking about in the entry reminded me of that word. Germans have the best words.
» Zanzibar on 2007-11-15 02:25:48

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