If the USofA isn't your nation, if you aren't into writing novels, if writing isn't your creative jam, and if November is really a bad time for you - I hope you can find some of the advice in this and the following posts at least a little useful. We could all use a little spark some days.
Good preparation means you've put some thought into how to handle the anticipated event. For me, that means lists. And I like to make those lists in a sensible order. In the supermarket, it's by aisle. In bill paying, it's by due date. Here is how I prep to write:
- What kind of a writer am I?
- What kind of work do I want to produce?
- What kind of research will I have to do?
- What kind of shape are my resources in?
- How much support do I have?
These things vary from time to time. I am not the writer I was as a graduate student. And that writer was not the writer I was in high school. I'm not the writer I was last NaNoWriMo.
I have never been good at comedy. Do I want to try it or should I stick to historical fiction? Can I make historical fiction funny?
How much do I really know about my given subject? Will people who know more get rankled if I make a n00b mistake? Am I okay with that?
How much space is on my laptop? Is it updated? Where are my favorite pens? Will this notebook annoy me more than words can express?
Do my friends and family know what I am planning to undertake? Are they going to make room in their own lives to let me make room for this act of creation?
Think about these things. I'll get further in depth with them in subsequent posts.
Happy Planning!
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