It has begun

I have decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, the condensed name for National Novel Writing Month, which takes place over the month of November. The goal of the month is pretty straight forward -- to write a 50,000 word book.

I don't know what compelled me to sign up for this. I have a tendency to set lofty goals for myself and then never achieve them. Alas, here I am, preparing myself over the next 100 or so days for a month of what I expect to be a sort of brutal, self-inflicted hell.

I'm also assuming no one will ever read this unless I make it public knowledge that I'm attempting to do this. One one hand, if I tell people I will have no option but to go through with it, relying on the fact that my friends will want to be kept up to date. However, if I don't tell people, I can prance about on December first with 50,000+ words and people will be in utter shock that I was able to complete such a daunting task without informing them.

I fully expect myself to cave if I don't give up before November arrives.

Until then, I have plenty of prep work to fill my time. Character backgrounds, rough plot development, and the creation of exciting (hopefully) settings are all I feel the need to think about currently. College application essays will have to take a back seat.

My plan, if at all possible, is to get my butt into a creative writing class first semester and somehow use anything I do in that class for my novel. Maybe.

The title of this blog has dual meaning. Firstly, I had no clue what to call the blog. Secondly, "What Should I Call This Thing" was already taken. Thirdly, I have found that I have to name things in my novel, and I don't know what to call them. Finally, if anyone ends up reading this blog, I may ask you what I should call something. I'll keep you posted (unless this ends up like anything else I start and never finish).