I’m not sure if it is the change in season, change in weather, or just plain time, but I’m ready to start writing again. Not that I have really stopped, but what I have to show for it is pages of notes. Snippets. Quotations. Inspirations. Great revelations. Things that only make sense to me in their current state.
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). In this program, writers begin to write a new novel on November 1 and, by writing faithfully every day, should have 50,000 words written by the end of the month. I have never participated and don’t plan to this year, but only because I am not writing a novel. I do plan to use their model to challenge myself to write every day in November. True, aggressive writing like this is definitely in rough form, but you gotta start somewhere! I’m excited and looking forward to November. Maybe they’ll let me join anyway and use their word count meter.
Meanwhile, I am going to start working on my outline. My ideas, my thoughts are all over the place right now and need to be reined in. Surely by November I can have a good, strong outline ready and can just crank out wonderful words each day. I can’t wait to see what comes out, what God gives me. That is the real joy of writing–the surprise of it. The depth of it. The spirituality of it. Don’t know if you will ever get to read it, but it’s in me, and I’m planning to let it out!
Thsnk you for sharing your insights with us. I have been having difficulty putting words down as well. I am aiming for revived writing after the first of the year. Meanwhile, it is just an occasional thought on “paper”, but a constant jumble in my mind…..