Weekend sendoff: The WriMo cometh

by Su Blackwell

On Sunday, November 1, we turn the clocks back by one hour, which is definitely going to give me the edge I need to start NaNoWriMo that day. With my procrastination skills, that extra hour should mean a whole 10 or 11 extra words on my count.

I haven’t been preparing at all outside of contemplating some ideas. I’m doing the literary equivalent of freeballing. It’s the diametric opposite from how I usually approach a writing project, but then those tend to be screenplays and I have no idea what this is going to be. Hopefully a 50,000-word mess, but if I wind up with a 20,000-word lump that doesn’t win…well, I’m just not going to kick myself over it. (Not too hard, anyway.)

I hope to bring you some guest posts on Mondays in November, since I don’t expect to have a lot of energy left over for blogging. I’ve asked some interesting people to share their perspectives on a variety of topics. On Fridays, and put down your drink so you don’t do a spit-take out of excitement, I’ll be posting excerpts from the novel. I’m planning to pick the worst and/or most bizarre segments from that week, so with any luck it’ll be at least mildly entertaining, and possibly even awkward and embarrassing! One can but dream.

Good luck to all you other November crazy fuckers! And happy Halloween too, by the way. I send you off with the most obvious possible video.