megwrites

I'm not doing quite as well as I want to do on NaNo thus far. I'm only to chapter three, and I've still got a ways to go, both word and plot wise.

My problem is not plot, this time. It's steam.

Last NaNo was all about "what the &*^%$ do I do next". This one? Is all about "how the &*^%$ do I pull this off?"

I know exactly where I want to go, but getting there (word wise) is a little bit weird. Because I can't just start things in media res. Even though I like starting things in media res, especially because I know what's going on, I'm told that readers like a little exposition now and then.

I'm also seeing that my writing buddies are kicking butt and taking names. Which makes my day better. Especially wpnano and fikgirl, who I am most definitely cheering for this year, because I really want to see them succeed. It'd be great if they had novels for me to read at the end of the month.

It really would be my dream come true if me and all my writer!friends ended up becoming published authors who were loved by critics and readers alike. Then we could have a not-so-secret Livejournal cabal and really cool author parties and I could do blurbs for their jackets and they could hail me as the best thing they've seen since ever. Awesomeness would reign. There would be much w00t across the land.