a poet’s notebook

A Few Things

StripedcatA reminder that Carnival of the Cats will be here at Watermark this week; get your entries in by 5:00 PM mountain time on Sunday.  Last time it was here we had a great turnout; let’s do that again!

Andrew, Patia, Cindy, Roger, Liz, Cathy, Dave, and Patrick, and Kalamity have all joined the dance.  Have you danced yet?

NanowrimologoHave I gone mad?  I’m considering doing this:

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

That’s about six pages, or 1700 words, per day.  They say It’s all about quantity, not quality, which could be good practice for a perfectionist.  On the other hand, it sometimes takes me nearly a day to do one Watermark post (especially on Fridays.)

I’ve never considered writing a novel, and have no idea what my novel might be about. I don’t know that my energy would support such an endeavor. Most starters don’t finish, though, so there would be no shame in that. 

What do you think?  Are any of my readers doing this?

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7 responses to “A Few Things”

  1. Kalamity Avatar

    Re: the November novel idea.
    I checked out the link and it looks like I may give it a go! Even if I don’t finish…

  2. Erin Avatar

    Frighteningly, I’m considering NaNoWriMo. Though if I do it, I intend to cheat — to continue work on the embrionic kid’s novel Plain Kate, which is currently coming up on 7,500 words.
    But when you write at a poet’s pace, a two-month novel is plenty challenging enough.

  3. SB Avatar

    Kalamity, have you written a novel, or other fiction, before?
    Erin, at least you know what you’re doing. I’m hoping that if I try it, my friend Cindy will take the challenge and finish her mystery novel.

  4. yukino Avatar

    SB! I’ve tried to do it twice, once in 2001 and once in 2002 — Both times I petered out at about a third of the required length, but I had lots of fun doing it and got to exercise my creativity. Don’t think anyone would want to read what I wrote, though. 🙂

  5. SB Avatar

    Yukino! There you are!

  6. yukino Avatar

    🙂

  7. Ogre's Politics and Views Avatar

    Someone enjoys my blog

    I think this is his orgasm face. He must be reading one of my better posts (note my blog on the computer in the background).

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