Okay I've decided it, thanks to Sarah:
I will do NaNoWriMo this year.
I figure I might as well keep on the tradition, even if it kills me. Considering the workload of junior year already, I doubt I'll win this year, but I might as well take a stab at it. I inspired my journalism teacher to, after all. Haha.
I have limited amounts of sugar and still refuse to drink coffee, so I have yet to figure out how I'm going to survive the battle that is NaNo. There are a few things I wish for ahead of time, however:
- I don't get sick. This suck, suck, sucked last year and does not help anything. Especially since I have all these singing things.
- I will force myself to go back and read through and rewrite whatever the hell is there, no matter how little there is or how crappy it is. I'm saddened that I let my story last year die, but I think I'll go back to it someday when I have more faith in my writing ability.
- I will stop being a dialogue whore. Dialogue is fun, yes, but not the mark of a good writer. I personally feel pretentious when I start doing long streams of descriptions, so I'm going to have to figure out some way to balance this.
- I absolutely will not ignore schoolwork for NaNo. Okay this is really turning into a resolution thing, but still. I'm already doing bad enough as is, I don't need to make my grades worse.
There are a few ideas that have been tossing around in my head for the past year, and what disconcerts me is that they're all involved with Death somehow. I blame my complete adoration for The Book Thief. Anyway, for my own reference:
- romance/supernatural. (damn this makes me think twilight. THIS IS NOT TWILIGHT.) afterlife.
- fantasy. Death and her siblings. A whole new type of family drama.
- thriller. prequel to Rai de Hoode, possibly, but I doubt this one.
- fantasy/supernatural. alternate reality (zab).
- supernatural. (is this a theme here? Geeze.) the wish collector.
Wish Sarah and me luck.
Jamie
who will surely die in November, yet again.