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

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