When they know what they are talking about...

While I am writing this, thunder can be heard from outside my window. Every now and then the dark sky is lit up by the ligthning that you just know is bound to come. I have never understood why some people find thunder frightening; to me it is the most calming weather. I have always been the most creative after 6pm, but I can write at any time of the day as long as thunder can be heard. I guess it reminds me of the night.

Schedule

After having thought about it for a few days, I have come to a decision regarding the schedule of future blog posts.

I am going to be posting on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Reason being; they are the most convevient for me. So far they have been the days, where I have had the most time on my hands, so I thought it would be a perfect match.

Now, I am going to try to keep this schedule every week, but there might be certain Saturdays where I can't make it. In that case, I will let you know beforehand. 

NaNoWriMo preperation process #1

As I mentioned in the last post, I am currently working on my NaNo-novel outline. For a few days I had been stuck on chapter 5, but yesterday I finally crossed that chapter off the list and began on the 6th. So far I think the 6th chapter is going to one of the most fun to write. Let us just say; a lot happens.

I am still not 100 % positive on how many chapters there are going to be in the book, but I know where it will start and where it will end, and what comes in between. This is my first time doing a complete outline of a book before writing it, and I have to say I am surprised. I thought it would be dull, but it is actually quiet fun, and in the end it is going to save me a lot of problems.

A glimpse of the dream

Something I have yet to have shared is that I am taking creative writing classes.

I have been doing it since August this year, and so far I truly believe it has helped my writing. But up till the Fall break all we had been doing were smaller writing exercises. We had not focused on any larger projects. That was why I was excited to hear, at our last class before the break, that we could send some of our own works to our teacher, and she would look at it doing the break. The same day I hurried home and sent her my NaNo-novel from 2012.

Yesterday was our first class since the break, and our teacher wanted to talk to each of us alone. When it came to me, I was filled with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. She could with a few words crush my dream, and that scared me.

I sat down next to her, and she explained, that she was happily surprised by my writing. She told me how I have the gift of story telling and sense of progression.

Something that got me all red in the head was, when she told me about this other manuscript she had been going through from a 22 year old man. Apparently mine was a master piece compared to his. Yes, I had a very big head in that moment.

But the best part was when she said that, if I continued working on the book, she really thought I could get it published.

Now...why is this so exciting? Why is this different from when everyone else say it? 

Because she knows what she is talking about. She is a published author herself, so she knows what it takes to make it. And having her believe that I got it, has just gotten me more motivated than ever before. 

Keep Calm and Write On.

- Nanna.