NaNoWriMoNO

[gridlore]

After a lot of thought, I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year. The whole eye saga has cut into my ability to do my research and plotting, there may be more appointments coming down the road that could make things much worse, and I'm going back to work on the same day the writing starts.

Not the best way to handle this. So I'm opting out. Apex will wait a year while I get everything set up, characters set, all three sections absolutely mapped out both in location and action (and I'm going for Tim Powers levels of 'OMG, I've BEEN there!'), and can start writing with confidence on Day One, 2022.
The way the Giants season ended also is a factor.

But, to get an early start, the book is about a world where vampires are solitary apex predators and concerns the vampire who has taken San Francisco as his hunting territory since 1945 finding himself being hunted by another vampire. It's mostly suspense. I'm using Apex as the working title as it describes where the vampires sit, but can you think of another title?

Comments

[marycatelli]

I'm not NaNoWriMoing, either. I have no outline in hand. (The one time I rushed an outline to be done in time, I regretted it, and I don't even have an outline to rush.) Also I want to work on something to kick out the door.

[kayre]

It is possible to write without doing NaNoWriMo, of course.

[gridlore]

I'll be doing some noodling on stuff, but not the "write a coherent 50,000-word novel in 30 days" insanity. I'm just not prepared.

[kayre]

But you can just.... write. No word target, no deadline. As I recall, the original idea of NaNoWriMo was for folk to find out that they could in fact write something that big, so that then they would continue on towards other writing.

[gridlore]

OK, in order

1. I just had two eye surgeries, and may be in for more issues depending on what the next doctor says

2. I go back to my job as a Crossing Guard on November 1st.

3. I'm dealing with a ton of money stress because I had emergency eye surgery at Stanford Medical without being able to get a prior approval, so we are dreading the fight with the insurance.

4. I'm a stroke survivor with limited endurance who shuts down when stress levels get too high.

5. I need new glasses to see properly, and I can't get the new prescription until I see my eye doctor at the end of the month, and then it will take a few weeks for my glasses to arrive.

Saying "But you can just.... write" is like saying "But you can just run a marathon." No, I can't. For better or worse NaNo has become this goal-orientated thing, which I normally enjoy, but not this year. And telling me I can "just write" is ignoring all the realities I face as a disabled person dealing with cascading issues.

[kayre]

Sorry. I did not mean to upset you or insult you.