I had an idea for what I wanted to write today, but honestly, I'm just exhausted. I didn't exactly have a good night last night, or a good morning to follow it, and it just kinda hit me pretty hard. I'm feeling better now, though admittedly only partially, but it just kinda made me feel... bleh today. I don't really have a better way of describing it. I tried to make myself feel better by playing some games, watching some videos, stuff like that. It... sort of worked? But I kinda forgot about writing during that time, and the thing that I wanted to write today will require some thought, and I don't have the energy to do that right now. But it's ok. It'll probably be more appropriate for tomorrow anyway.
I only today remembered that I needed to sign up for Nanowrimo this year. It's not that I forgot about Nano, or that I didn't want to do it this year. I just kind of forgot that signing up for it was a necessary step in the process. I'm not as crazy excited about it this year as I have been in years past, but I know what story I want to write, and I'm curious to see where it goes. Nano's always an exciting, busy time for me, and the work schedule that I have right now should hopefully be pretty good for working on the novel. I don't know how well the story's going to come out, but I know that I am more than capable of making it work between Nano, the blog, and having a job. I already did it last year, after all, even if it was pretty close in the end.
I was looking around at Nano stuff today after I signed up for it, and I was reminded about their annual Night of Writing Dangerously. It takes place about an hour or two away from me, and I'd really love to be able to go to it one year. It's pretty expensive to get into, but they apparently have an interesting set up for that - it's not necessarily supposed to be you buying a ticket, but rather getting people to donate money to Nano through your name until you reach the amount of the ticket. I think that's pretty cool, though I wouldn't exactly know how to convince people they should donate in that matter.
But the event is a noir themed dinner party centered entirely around writing. You go, you eat dinner, you get drinks, you get some free writing goodies, and you write. You write and you write and you write for six hours, surrounded by other writers doing the same thing. And you can help each other, and you can get to know each other's stories, and you can share with each other that kind of thing that makes you so passionate that you would spend six hours and three hundred dollars on doing. I think that's incredible, and it sounds like so much fun. I'd love to get there one day. Not this year, unfortunately. I'll be out of the country at the time, and even if I wasn't, it takes place during a black out period for asking for days off at work, so I couldn't very well guarantee that I'd be able to go.
Maybe next year, though. Definitely one day.
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