Life's Funny That Way

Almost ready for NaNo!!

Tonight I am glad the house is quiet and I have the place, basically, to myself.  I'm making my final preparations for the craziness of NaNoWriMo next month.  I've never attempted a novel, let alone writing 50,000 words in a month, but I truly think this will be a great experience for me.  Tonight I'm working on some character sketches for some characters that are fairly important in the story.  I have the main ones done, so that makes me feel pretty good.  I don't like outlines -- never even liked them in school.  They always seemed to formal and unchangeable for me in some ways.  My story board, however, is my best friend!  I bought the biggest piece of posterboard I could find (in a five pack, just in case I need more room!), and several packs of colored Post-It (R) notes.  The yellow, lined ones hold questions or things I need to work on - for instance, I need to make a schedule for all employees in two seperate businesses for the days near a murder.  Then I have another color (lime green) for dialogue that came to mind that I don't want to forget, another color for findings of investigations in the two towns in the story (purple)... I think you get the idea.

The point is... I think I am ready.  Of course, I've never done this before, so I am not certain that I am ready, and it is a daunting challenge, but I think it will be a lot of fun.  I think, more than anything, I am looking forward to networking with other writers, as I do on this site.  I think that is the most valuable thing for an aspiring author... to read others and to learn that we are all in the same boat, and having the same struggles.
Thanks for reading!