NaNoWriMo?

I am currently sat in the lounge area of my student accommodation trying to help my flatmate create a presentation for her Graphic Design class. Going through her presentation stage by stage, helping her to get it just the way she wants it while also sticking to the brief is quite a challenge for this girl so she recruited me and another flatmate to help. Her concentration skills are quite a problem too, hence our current situation.  We are currently sat on the floor surrounded by laptops, paper, pens and textbooks. It is quite a crazy situation.

What does this have to do with NaNoWriMo?

I really don't know to be perfectly honest but it got me thinking about it. It got me thinking about writing and the time it takes to write. It did, however, get me thinking about how great an end project can turn out too. The end project can be especially good when there are people around you to provided you with inspiration. I sounds strange but I love the mess of crumpled up paper, pens all over the place and notes scribbled on things that might not be suitable for scribbling notes on.  

For those who don't know what NaNoWriMo is

NaNoWriMo is a non-profit organisation and stands for National Novel Writing Month. It takes place in the month of November and the aim is to write a draft of a 50,000 words novel by the end of the month. During the month you can gain a variety of badges such as writing badges, participation badges and personal achievement badges. NaNoWriMo however, does not allow you to write your novel on their site but I gives you a variety of different tools to help you to achieve your goal.

Anyway...

While we have been sitting here I have been thinking about writing and how much I miss it. I know that I have to write essays and reports for my course but that is not the same as just writing because it is fun and I enjoy it. I used to write stories all of the time when I was younger and would read them to my family. They all used to say how good they were and I know they were probably just saying that to make me go away and let them carry on with whatever I had just interrupted but I didn't care. I loved what I was doing. I loved being able to control how events were going to go. In a way though, it didn't feel like I was controlling the events that were happening but that these things were happening because of decisions that characters were making. I know it sounds stupid for an 18 year old girl to be talking about people she has made up taking on a life of their own but when I am writing that's what seems to happen.

I think I am too late to join in with NaNoWriMo this year but I think writing is something that I am going to pick up again. It give me a distraction from having to be a grown up for some time and it is something that I really enjoy. I have lots of new things to inspire me now too which could make for an interesting read.

I would love to know right now how many people would read a book that I wrote but I know that that would never happen. I guess I will just see how things go.