Return to Wordcrafting

Revival of this blog to a limited readership is probably not going to have very far-reaching consequences, but while I am writing, I thought I'd do a little bit more.

My return to writing - which was once a common free time past-time of mine - came with the realisation several days ago that November was here and with that, the Nanowrimo challenge. For those unfamiliar with Nanowrimo, a quick google search will bring you to their page: however, in short, the objective is to produce a novel of 50,000 words or more during the month of November.

The rules seem to have changed since my first attempt in 2009, but the basics remain. I dug out an old outline, which idea was conceived as far back as 2005, but which I had not much worked upon.

A few things have come to light for me since I have started writing again:

- the mere act of writing, mere writing, with no stops for re-reading or editing, etc. actually helps with the pursuit of the end of the story.
- after having written a thesis, which is infinitely more challenging, 50k words of fiction out of my head is pretty easy.
- my writing style and voice since 2005 has changed considerably and not necessarily for the better (although this is something that might have something to do with the stagnated status of my writing for some years.


Now although I did manage to succeed in reaching 50k words in my 2009 attempt, the story then was only probably about a third finished.

Unfortunately, for the life of someone who has too many hobbies and not enough time to pursue/enjoy them all properly (especially as working for necessary funds takes up quite a bit of life time),it is likely that many of those story/novel seeds will still sit unfertilised for some time to come. However, eventually they will be revisited. The greatest hope is that my continued exposure to life, humanity and and the world will leave me better able to render those seeds into something indeed.