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Happy November!

Happy November, everyone! Are you NaNoWriMo-ing? I can’t believe how many people are–it’s amazing! The whole idea is pretty much the polar opposite of anything that works for me as a writing process, so I’m not myself. But I think it’s incredibly great that it gets so many people excited about writing and just sitting down and getting those words onto the page. That’s a huge part of the struggle right there.

I did, though, just start the first draft of a new book this week. Yikes! First drafts are always so scary. All that blank whiteness of the word processing page and that cursor just blink blink blinking at you wondering what you’re going to say. And this first draft is even scarier than usual, because for the first time in four years, I’m not writing Trystan and Isolde. It feels so strange–they’ve been with me for so long.

Now I’m diving into a completely new setting and time period, writing about a completely new cast of characters. Strange. And scary. But I love it, too. I think my favorite thing about the writing process is getting to know my characters. And here I am right at the beginning of the process, with brand new characters I’m only just starting to get acquainted with. I’m sure I can’t even imagine the surprises they have in store for me.

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One Response to “Happy November!”

1. Jennygirl Says:
   November 13th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

   This is so exciting that I’m excited for you. The curiousity, strangeness, newness, it’s like when you first discovered you liked somebody when you were a kid. Butterflies.
   Good luck and enjoy the journey.

   
   

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