NaNoWriMo is Nigh!

I have it been able to do short story weekly, mostly because I've been burdened with a laptop wt has decided to hiccup and die halfway on me,most hat needs to go to the shop. I'm also plsnning out NaNoWriMo, and that is eating up a good deal of my time. To write a novel in less than a month, than to play and start reviewing Fallout 4 is an abominable task. Still, writing a novel is a belligerent malady of balancing both time and style. Last year, I wrote a novel in less than twenty days, in-fact, it was less than two weeks, because I was vigilant, and able to focus my strengths on organizing the book from beginning to end during the month of October. Quite frankly, it's a toss-up, because this Halloween stems the end of the month, and the very, very beginning of writing. I didn't start right on time last year, and felt anguished,mso this year, I'm going to start midnight of November 1st. 

     I encourage all those who read the Malacast Editorial to participate in NaNoWriMo, especially if they are astute writers who want to compete globally to finish a novel in November. NaNoWriMo stands for National novel Writing Month,man despite the name, it is a global event. The goal is to write fifty thousand words of a novel in one month, which is roughly 1,700 words per day of the thirty days. When you break it down to that, it's not a lot. I tend to push myself though, as I've written over 100,000 words in fifteen days, 90,000 of which were a novel, and finished in thirteen days, the other ten thousand plus words went to adaily journal of writing the novel, and my experiences. I published the journal on the Malacast Editorial last year, and found it a good way to express just what writing NaNoWriMo was like. It was a pain on the fingers,many I must add, it was one of the most grueling things I've done, and it was so crazy, thwt I've decided to do it again, and finish the sequel to the book I've written last year. It was a toss-up between thwt, another sequel thwt is overdue, or a brand-new novel. 

      NaNoWriMo is worth trying at least once if you're a writer, especially if you want to be taken seriously. I write novels fairly well and in short spurts, but more-importantly, I write a great deal of my novels without the pressure of a competition, so it will be interesting to see how I fair this NaNoWriMo. I have Mur Lafrty to thank for introducing me to the concept of NaNoWriMo through her I  Should Be a Writing podcast. I truly love that she keeps that show professional, and tries to help out other writers, and really put NaNoWriMo into perspective. 

     So to make it easier on me to prepare for this month, I will be putting a Short Story Weekly on hold just for this month, so I can prepare for NaNoWriMo. I will most likely begin writing Short Story Weekly again some time in late November. I wrote a book in less than two weeks, and this year, I plan on transcending that goal, and that's by doing fifteen pages a day, twenty the first day if plausible, and if I feel out the groove. I want to write the book in ten days, so that's ten thousand words a day, which equals roughly fifteen-to-twenty pages per day written. Normally I do ten pages a day, but it just plan on typing until I feel tired enough that I know I need to take a break. 

    The math of NaNoWriMo is somewhat important in the success of NaNoWriMo. I'm a seasoned writer, and I want to write as much as possible, but write it well, and craft great stories, so the median goal I set up isn't roughly the finished ratio, normally I'll be over,mor under the median,and it will mess up the flow. The trick is to take this as a fun measure, and not as a task that needs to be finished. Plotting out your story is the key to success. I suck at a lot of things I. Li, and I especially suck at organization. My idea of organization is a messy room, and the fun game of finding my lost keys every other week. I'm a very disorganized mess, but when it comes to writing, I'm the drill seargent of being orderly. 

      Just plot,they teach you how to do it in third grade, and it's a simple process, and a simplistic tool, but it is thie best way of staying organized, especially she your brain is going to be flying all over the place trying to get all those words to paper. Even if you do just e fifty thousand words, which is essentially less than half a book, it's all about getting the work in, and getting it done right. I know, I'm making this sound like an exam, and not the fun, fulfilling experience it really is, and trust me, it's one of the best writing experiences I've done, not because of some prize, or even the hopes of being published, but because it's you versus you, and the real competition is seeing how much better you can become by going through it. I do a very, very, VERY insane version of NaNoWriMo, in-that I try to write an entire,full-length novel for publication in less than two weeks, and this year; barely over a week. My main goal would be to get down to seven days, but then again, this isn't a race, but it is about knowing how fast you can get that brain to think, and how fast you can make those jumbled words in your head sound like art on the word processor. 

       Notwithstanding, I will do Short Story Weekly when I can, and I hope you all will enjoy the journal which will be better written this year, reather than that huge thing I posted last year. NaNoWriMo is going to be for me, the big even for me this year, and I will also cease procrastinating on my other sequel that I want to finish this year, but I'm just not feeling it, and that saddens me. No matter the enthusiasm you have to write, if the muse isn't there to keep you comfort,and the joy for what you want to write is gone, sometimes it's difficult to get something important started. 

        For now, thank you for all your support, and I will return the Malacast Editorial to normal come late November/Early December.