For the first time in years, I had
considered not to do Camp NaNoWriMo this July. If you're not aware,
I've completed my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) word counts fourteen or so times
consecutively since being introduced to it in Fall 2011.
It was a strange idea and concept, and
to those who knew me well, a strange turn of events to hear of me
almost deciding not to participate at all. In truth, I had little to
no ideas for what to do, no inspiration in a way. On top of that, I
now work full-time as a gardener, so the amount of free time I have
to write has gone down significantly.
But with recent events in June, I had
begun to reconsider my choice to not participate. I had a couple new
ideas, like a story of great redemption or another love story of some
sort, but ultimately I found myself thinking that this was the
perfect time to do NaNoWriMo. It will be difficult because of the new
factors, and, in some cases, it would put me in similar positions as
my fellow writers.
I had a choice to make. I could get
lost in yet another love story, in its trials and tribulations but
its ultimate overcoming of all obstacles, or I could venture through
horrors, face dragons, and wake up. The options were the new novel
that had been brewing in my head, or the series I began in April
2015, “Escape from Dreamscape”.
Ultimately, “Escape from Dreamscape”
won out. Besides my own general aversion to beginning an uninspired
undesired new novel, I felt more drawn to the story of Blake
Tessier's escape from his own slumber. Like “The Beginning of the
End”, it's about returning home, only Blake has to remember what
his home is and wake up to it.
As in this recent April Camp NaNoWriMo,
I will only be doing 50k words, which is the same as the standard
NaNoWriMo word count in November. I have done 100k a couple times,
but I feel I have little I want to work on and little time to
dedicate to that, so 50k will do.
I am hoping to possibly getting through
the fantasy portion of “Escape from Dreamscape” and possibly
moving onto the horror portion, as the series is separated in four
parts, all of different genres and styles.
Anyways, it is hard to say what will
happen over the course of the month. Hopefully it goes well. But for
now, this will do. Until next time,
-Zero
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