NaNoWrMo

November is National Novel Writing Month. Where aspiring and established novelists spend a month trying to write from scratch 50,000 words of a novel. Many of them spend the month of October doing outlines and figuring out plot points. Others do a more extensive outline with phases that go into more detail than a basic outline. The goal is to make a huge dent on a never before written novel. There is too much going on in my life to try and attempt it this year. I have set for myself a goal to write something every day of Novemenber on my novels. As you can see I have lots to work on and if I could put aside everything else and use my free time to write who knows what I could accomplish. I will post how I do each day.

Mike Gordon and Sting

Daniel, my son, is a huge fan of the improv band Phish. Today he told this story. Mike Gordon went to see Police in concert and after the concert he got to meet Sting. Sting gave him this advice. Don't listen to any music for six months and every day write something even if it's gibberish. Like 'my dog walked the baby in the park'. Eventually he said to work at getting a song from the idea stage to the finished and ready to record in one day Sting said that's how he got his album written and recorded.

The little light in my head went on. Of course this would work for writing stories as well as songs. I have read enough books to last a life time. I don't need to read anymore, at least for a while, that way I can put all my energy into writing.

I have people in ten different states wondering when I will ever get these stories I keep talking about published. And the feed back I got from writing.com has been very positive and very helpful. As always I'll keep you posted.