{"id":536,"date":"2009-10-20T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2009-10-20T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T21:21:59","slug":"i-must-be-crazy-im-doing-nanowrimo-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/i-must-be-crazy-im-doing-nanowrimo-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I must be crazy.  I&#8217;m doing NaNoWriMo again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/sfrevu.com\/php\/Review-id.php?id=9877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amperzen.com\/blog\/images\/2009\/nanowrimo_2009.png\" title=\"NaNoWriMo Blog Picture\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" ALIGN=\"right\" HSPACE=\"8\"\/><\/a>Last year I signed up for NaNoWriMo &#8212; that&#8217;s the site where you sign up to write a novel in 30 days.  I didn&#8217;t do too badly.  I wrote about 3 chapters worth before life landed on me with both feet.  So, what do I do this year?  I signed up again.  You see, I like deadlines.  Seeing a deadline coming up on the horizon tends to focus me quite nicely until it whooshes past my ears with that nice breeze.  This year I&#8217;m already working on an outline so hopefully but the start of November I&#8217;ll now where I&#8217;m going with the story.  At least, that&#8217;s the plan anyway.  Last year I think I was just too unfocused on the story.  I learned a lot about writing and me last year and I hope that knowledge will help me this year.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re also doing NaNoWriMo this year, let me know.  I&#8217;d like to hear how this novel in a month works for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I signed up for NaNoWriMo &#8212; that&#8217;s the site where you sign up to write a novel in 30 days. I didn&#8217;t do too badly. I wrote about 3 chapters worth before life landed on me with both feet. So, what do I do this year? I signed up again. 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