November is National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo is an online community of prospective authors who try to write a complete novel from scratch during the month of November. I will be joining them, along with my friend AM and my mom. I have a basic idea of some of the characters and some thoughts on the plot running around in my head. No official outline yet but I'll see what comes out.
I wrote stories all the time as a child. Some where dark like a murder mystery based on the 13 Dead End Drive board game. Others were light and happy as in the case of Tommy the Go-Cart. Then the desire got lost. Correction, I ignored it. In college I started comparing myself to friends who also loved to write. I saw and envied the way they captured normal moments with a descriptive flare. I didn't form complexly worded sentences or tap into the depth of the tortured artist. So I thought I couldn't be a writer; that is was just a childish dream.
But then I started this blog and realized that while I don't write in a style suitable for the classics such as Les Mis or Rebecca, I have a style all my own; a style which captures my optimistic nature, mimics the way my brain thinks complete with topic jumps, and an easy style that people can relate to. Though I guess since I am starting my TESOL certification (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) I should change that last phrase to "and an easy style to which people can relate." My blog has brought back my love of writing as a way of storytelling, and the old dream of being a writer.
As the goal is 50,000 words in a month this will be my only blog entry for November. Every word written here is one not written in my novel. Being an author is still a childish dream and I'm thankful it is. All the best dreams are made when we are children and don't understand limitations.
