First Draft in 30 Days
Time to get off my behind and get working on the novel I've been telling everyone about for nearly five years . . .
Thanks to another great recommendation from my friend M., I have in my posession a wonderful book by Karen S. Wiesner called First Draft in 30 Days. After skimming the first few chapters, I came to one conclusion:
The book was not written with the mother of a two-year old in mind.
Having said that, since my copious free time is roughly equivalent to one third (if that) of a normal, kidless, individual, I hereby commit to trying to complete the 30 day outline by November (roughly 90 days).
If everything goes as planned (and it never does) - provided A. doesn't spill apple juice on my computer or drive me to distraction by repeating "mommy, mommy, mommy" 492 times . . . completion of my outline would coincide nicely with an event called NanoWriMo - which encourages writers to attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in one month.
For anyone who just noticed that I gave myself *three times* the time limit to write a 30 day draft - and then immediately turned around and claimed the possibility of writing the full novel in a month - umm.... I'm running on two-year logic. No actual logic is involved, but my intentions are great - which, oddly enough, explains most toddler behavior.
We'll just say I'm nourishing my inner child. Wish me luck!
Thanks to another great recommendation from my friend M., I have in my posession a wonderful book by Karen S. Wiesner called First Draft in 30 Days. After skimming the first few chapters, I came to one conclusion:
The book was not written with the mother of a two-year old in mind.
Having said that, since my copious free time is roughly equivalent to one third (if that) of a normal, kidless, individual, I hereby commit to trying to complete the 30 day outline by November (roughly 90 days).
If everything goes as planned (and it never does) - provided A. doesn't spill apple juice on my computer or drive me to distraction by repeating "mommy, mommy, mommy" 492 times . . . completion of my outline would coincide nicely with an event called NanoWriMo - which encourages writers to attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in one month.
For anyone who just noticed that I gave myself *three times* the time limit to write a 30 day draft - and then immediately turned around and claimed the possibility of writing the full novel in a month - umm.... I'm running on two-year logic. No actual logic is involved, but my intentions are great - which, oddly enough, explains most toddler behavior.
We'll just say I'm nourishing my inner child. Wish me luck!
posted by Andrea Peach | 9:16 PM
1 Comments:
lol...good luck!
Having said that, my first book too about 60 days. The second one I've outlined took 14 (cause I only went through day 14, since for me, that's all i need)
Have fun, let me know if you need help.
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