Prepping for Nanowrimo

I am spending this week in various waiting rooms at different health facilities, lucky me. Since I’m not working and I’m trying hard to keep my mind off the results off those visits, I figured it would be a great time to prep for nanowrimo.

Last November for nano I did some research and outlined for the first few chapters. My story took wings and flew, and then tragically nose dived half way through.

This time around I wanted to be a little more organized and to just be able to have fun writing. I chose to go with a dystopian novel. I have always told myself I would never write a dystopian novel. Unfortunately an idea came to me a few months ago, and all writers know that once an idea hits, it is hard to let go of it. I’m not really sure if I can write a decent dystopian story or not, so the pressure is off and I can just have fun playing around with it.

To start getting ready I picked up several books from the library to get an idea of what is current and classic in this type of genre. The local librarian helped me create the reading list below:

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Edge of Apocalypse by Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

                I also have a notebook and a slew of pens tucked into my purse for the doctor’s office. For nano you can’t actually do any writing before April first, but you can work on character sketches and outlines. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but I think my main character is going to be a fifteen year-old girl. I’m looking forward to creating her and others this week!

If you have ever wanted to write a novel you should think about joining in! Camp Nanowrimo begins April 1^st at the stroke of midnight. You then have the month to frantically write a 50,000 word novel. Actually the rules say that this year you can make your own word count (so if 50,000 seems too daunting, then try for 20,000, or something else)! It is a ton of fun and you can connect with other new and old writers on the forums. If you are interest the website is www.campnanowrimo.org