Yes, it's that time of year again - how did that happen? The Nanowrimo site has been rebuilt so it's shinier and faster than ever before, the boards have been wiped and are all up and working again, and as soon as they sort the last little niggles it'll all be better than ever. Yay! Bring on Nanowrimo 2011!
This year we've got over 200 affiliates even before November starts, so hopefully we'll see more people in the Write-Ins? Last year all the regulars won with time to spare, so it's definitely working.
And speaking of Write-Ins - what to write? I have rewritten the beginning of my fun project, so the plan is to carry on with - and actually finish - that one. Knowing Jack, though (looong story), he might just show up again. That's okay. November for me is all about writing, so I'll write whatever presents itself.
This last week before Nanowrimo I am going to do a bit of preparation:
I have already deleted possible procrastination programmes from my PC, such as Scrivener (shiny, but I prefer yWriter), PageFour (like it, but prefer OneNote), StorYBook (good for outline, can't write in it), Writing Outliner (great Word plug-in, still prefer CbC); they are all good, but I have tried them, don't use them, and I know that if I leave them there, I'll start fiddling about thinking I missed something. I didn't. Not in 2007, not in 2008, not in 2009 ... not even last year. So they had to go. (And I'll try not to download them again. Or Storybox.)
I have also slowly started going offline by putting stuff into my new database - a Filofax. I love the way I can insert and remove, rearrange and tab it to suit my needs (and the weight of all the lovely noveliness inside), and it's a brilliant way to avoid the laptop and all its evil distractions. I'll be writing on my Neo at Write-ins and probably on trains and in sofas, so that's another big chunk of internet time avoided.
Oh, and I've taken time off work! I still have half a translation to do, but that can be combined with noveling because the Neo has eight file spaces - I can jump from work to Nano at the press of a button!
So I'm ready. As ready as I'll ever be. Pop into the Chester forum lounge, introduce yourself and get to know your fellow Cestrian Wrimos!
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/regions/europe-england-chester
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