Camp Nanowrimo 2013

So the plan is to start a new novel in July.
Assuming I don't forget, fall asleep at the wheel, trip into the future or something...I'll be writing posts here to keep track of my progress.

And you know...the general loss of sanity which comes with the 50k word novel in a month adventure.

Always fun!

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 29

Without a doubt this has been the hardest and most hellish novel writing experience of my life.

Six years and six wins.

But I dare say this has been the hardest win of them all.
So many factors played into the difficultly - health (physical, emotional and mental), school, drama, leading the largest batch of first time Wrimos I have ever done, work, volunteer work, church...on and on.

Each one could have been a "valid" reason to quit.
Every time I got frustrated, closed out of the windows file and just wanted to scream....there was some small little blessing or joy that would help remind me why I torture myself like this.

If I do not write I think I would simply die.
It's so ingrained into me.
It's in my blood.
It is the response I have to so much in life.

As long as I breath I will have a need to write.
Although it seems like with every effort I put more and more of myself into the work and keep coming back so exhausted....but so much joy, so much lovely insanity!

Thank you for reading this blog throughout the month and although Nanowrimo 2012 is over Lame Creations is NOT.

All the latest and greatest in projects will be posted on here.
Thank you again everyone for being you.
For the support.
And the love.
-Matt

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 27

Not much to report.
Words were written.
Sinus sickness is coming back with a seething vengeance.
Between the sinus/head/lung pain and gunk I have managed to add more words.

I find it so weird that I seem to find a need to write an appendix and nearly encyclopaedic for each of my novels...detailing character history, biographies, written documents, poetry from characters, popular songs and this general mishmash I would say that almost could be considered a tabletop RPG supplement.

I'm working on the middle and have written half the climax leading up to the final showdown and battle at the old sanitarium.

Should be good stuff.

I'm also thinking of trying to better flesh out the World War I flashbacks and memoirs of the main character.

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 26

Did you think it was over?
That I quit?
That all the faulty technology, failed holiday plans, impossible to formulate homework, plot changes I couldn't keep up with and health problems were going to stop me?

Not on your life.

If you wish to know what has happend the past few days please look at the graph located on this page:

http://nanowrimo.org/en/participants/ninten/novels/codex-shredding/stats

There is a bunch of plateau followed by explosions.
I have had trouble making myself work on the main plot so I started working on back story, diaries and stories. Emails and IM conversations between character set between 70-100 years into the future anaylyzing the event which my story was supposed to be about.

It's strange.
Weird.
Don't even know what genre it falls into..."Post-Modern Fourth Wall Jumping Self Criticizing" perhaps?

Don't look at me.

I don't writer or teach English Literature, I just help to lower the standards so others can be more easily published (Ha just kidding, Stephanie Myers I'm looking at you) but regardless of one's taste one has to enjoy words and their forms to do something as stupid as first draft writing in a month.

I'm drained and although it feels like I haven't...I still have managed to make headway (although less than twenty-thousand words left there are other writing issues demanding immediate attention) but I do regret slacking on the blog...but something has to give.

What is a bit of sanity loss?
Worst case you just roll another character sheet, right?
Oh wait.
That's me getting way too meta again.
Gotta stop that before reality breaks down.
At least dividing by zero hasn't happened on this blog...yet...

All the meta-meme related mind rolling around aside...the week is coming to an end sooner than I like and with it comes to end of what is always a beautiful, fun and tortured month of creation.

I'm not entirely sure why but this year has felt especially painful.
I have had some personal issues I won't bring up.
But as dark as the material in the book is, I'm hoping the positive and good can also be seen.

Where there is darkness the light shines ever so brighter.
But sometimes we see things best left alone.
What do we do then?
In this writer's case, dive head first back into the novel smashing his keyboard over anything that moves until the last twenty-thousand words are finished and I can safely begin to panic about homework and writing a ninety page thesis.

Hooray!
-Matt

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 20

With everything either winding down or falling apart...I'm tired.
Not much to say.
I just wanted to let people know I'M alive.
Looking for a second wind.
Some air.
A perspective on something.
-Matt

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 19

Laptop Five, in a month and  a half, died tonight.
Lost a lot of work.
Have a lot of other work.
Tired.
So.
So.
Tired.

Nanowrimo 2012 - Day 18

Today happened.

I breathed in air.

Evidently have a part time job which pays no actual month.

Have had trouble writing a word.

Been feeling so sick and so on edge.

As far as I can tell most of my plans have been FUBARED and I can either sit down or do something.

I have a ton of homework and novel writing.
If I can pull myself together and force myself to write...maybe something good will happen.