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7th November, 2003. 4:25 pm. Ugh.

No update this afternoon. I need to leave work early and take a nap.

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29th October, 2003. 1:12 pm. Nano Meme

BASIC STATS:

NaNo ID: On the boards, I'm baskil. On LJ, of course, I'm [info]shawnj, although my NaNo novel will be put in [info]nanoshawn
NaNo since: I heard about it last year, but I heard about it mid-November. So I've been waiting for a while now.

Working title: How to Fail
WIP Genre: Literary Fiction
Projected word count: 60K, because I'm a masochist like that.

AT THE START: DO YOU...
Have an Outline? Sure don't.
Scene-by-scene? Not even close.
Know how it starts? I have an idea. A good one, in my opinion.
Know how it ends? Sort of.
Have your climax in order? Sort of.
Know your main characters yet? One of them, yes.
Have a particular tone in mind? Yes. First person.
Plan to Draw on your own experiences? Oh hell yes.

IS YOUR WORK GOING TO BE:
Funny? when appropriate
Serious? Yes
Sad? Sort of
Semi-Autobiographical? Very
Based on another story? No.
Influenced by any authors/current publications? Many. Salinger, of course. There are others that I will be drawing from.

HOW HAVE MUCH YOU PLANNED? HAVE YOU USED:
A paper journal? nope
Pens? nope
Multicolored pens? no
A computer? yes
Index cards? no
Lists? no
Bulleted lists?no
Plot Charts? no
Character Charts? no
Character formulas? no
Favorite writing resource: dictionary.com and my launch station

ODDS AND ENDS
A line you would like to use: "I had to jump. It was the only sane thing to do."
A scene you would like to include: Fencing match
A concept you would like to explore: The idea of rebirth
A cliche you would like to avoid: If I use the word phoney, shoot me.
A character you would like to use: The brilliant punk junkie neighbor.

FORWARD THINKING
Do you expect to be able to complete it? I think so, but even if I don't finish it in November, I will finish it. I need to finish something.
Do you intend to complete it? Yes. I intend to very much.
Would you ever try to publish it? Depends on how it turns out.
What do you expect to get out of this month of frantic writing? A sense of accomplishment, and another thing I can scratch off my list.

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1st October, 2003. 3:51 pm. Administration

This is the writing journal of [info]shawnj.

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