Oct 18 2009
I forgot to say….
Soon is NaNoWriMo, and I was really looking forward to taking part for the second year running. For those who have done and doing it again, I am envious and I hope everything shapes up nicely for you. For those doing it for the first time - just go for it and get those words down and enjoy yourself - I am envious of you too.
So why am I not doing it again this year? Well moving house at the end of October could be a reason, filling in many applications for jobs could be another. Though written down, both sound a bit lame. So knowing that I shouldn’t do it, I have been keeping, or trying to keep, a closed mind to ideas.
But it seems wherever I go, they leap out at me. Niggling away, when I should be thinking about packing, I am people watching and the stories leap out me, incessantly. No matter where I go, even taking rubbish to the local landfill site, there is a plethora of inspiration laying in wait, crouching behind the van full of house clearance goods. Whose house was cleared, why, is there now an empty house, maybe with a lonely old spirit floating from room to room? People get rid of stuff or all sorts of reasons - plenty of food for all the novelists.
So don’t just go to landfill sites with the idea of clearing out your car, your garage, your child’s bedroom as they leave for college. Sure, lose the unwanted and unnecessary, but fill up on ideas to bring home with you.
So if you are thinking of trying for NaNoWriMo 2009 - join up. Have go - what a ride! Hey might just meet you on the site - just don’t tell the husband…best of British
