T-Minus Five Days...

I've begun preparing for NaNoWriMo... sort of. So far it's consisted of reading the emails from the NaNo gang and vaguely considering a few potential opening lines...

I'm also starting to wonder what the merry hell I've put myself onto. When I mooted the idea I had no idea that in the same time frame I'd be working on not one but five online courses from Intro to Philosophy to Food, Nutrition and Health, reading Villette by Charlotte Bronte (it's verrry long) and that I'd be starting a new job.





I've even got actual plans for two of the precious weekends, so I genuinely do not know how I'm going to manage. Time will tell, and all I can do right now is not assume I'll fail.

There's something else I have done, and that's prepare the Writing Nook Of All Awesomeness. All the rubbish has been cleared off the desk, I've added some more recent stuff to the Scrapbook Wall and generally made it a place where I can write.

I did, in fact, use it to write earlier, for another project. What makes it so fabulous is that it's rather cozy once I'm under my Black Watch blanket in my Granddad's old chair, and once the door is closed and my headphones are in, the Nook is the whole world and the writing is all that matters.

That's the theory, at least. In reality, that pesky WiFi calls to me, singing its Procrastination Siren Song. The Scrapbook Wall sometimes helps with inspiration, and yet other times I find myself staring at one face or another, getting distracted by daydreams or memories. Getting up for more green tea runs the risk of finding myself in the living room in front of the TV... the fridge has its own allure...

It amazes me I ever get anything done, which is why I have a series of coffee shops to escape to, all with different features that (seem to) facilitate work. As my old creative writing tutor Shaun Levin said, it's all about getting your arse in the chair and just writing.

Now, if 'get your arse in the chair and write' isn't the fundamental point of NaNoWriMo, I don't know what is.

C.

Clare will be taking part in NaNoWriMo 2013 and is being sponsored to raise money for Radio Lollipop.

You can sponsor her at any time at: http://www.justgiving.com/clareprsnanowrimo
For more information on the Author: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/clare-worley

For more information on Radio Lollipop: http://www.radiolollipop.org/

For more information on NaNoWriMo: http://nanowrimo.org

30 Days. 50,000 Words. ££££ for Charity...

November is National Novel Writing Month and for the past few years, PPS' Clare Worley has been meaning to take up the NaNoWriMo Challenge: write an entire novel of at least 50,000 words in just one month.

This year, she's going to finally have a go, in aid of our charity partner Radio Lollipop.

She'll be taking sponsorship leading up to and during November, and (if she finishes), the book will be available to buy for your eBook reader/tablet with all proceeds going to Radio Lollipop.

That's not all. As well as donating massive chunks of her free time (and coffee bill...) to the project, Clare wants you to be involved.

NaNoWriMo is all about starting a brand new project from scratch and she'd like to crowd source ideas from the PRS for Music gang.

Send us your ideas and we'll pass them on. It could be a prompt for the story idea itself (such as A boy riding a dolphin on a Tuesday morning in the rain discovers a lost city of underwater dwellers who bear absolutely no resemblance to Jar-Jar Binks.... or The entire population of London is brought down by a mysterious plague with the exception of one Grateful Dead fan...) or ideas for characters, events, themes or motifs to include. Or indeed, turns of phrase, jokes and anything else you'd like to contribute.

Anything that's used (no guarantees) will be fully credited to the provider unless you ask to remain anonymous.

There are no restrictions but please keep it pretty clean to keep the final project as accessible to as many people as possible.

Clare will share her progress (or lack thereof) over the course of November, so return here for more bits, pieces, snippets and the rest!

You can sponsor her at any time at: http://www.justgiving.com/clareprsnanowrimo
For more information on the Author: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/clare-worley

For more information on Radio Lollipop: http://www.radiolollipop.org/

For more information on NaNoWriMo: http://nanowrimo.org