Nano

Not been about much over the last couple of weeks. My time has been spent engrossed with Nano.

I'm really enjoying it, never having attempted a novel before, I'm finding the flow of words easy at the moment. Whether it will stay like that for the remainder of the month remains to be seen. I must confess that writing to a set goal is something I have never accomplished before and the challenge set before me has increased the muse.

I sit down at my computer every night at seven o'clock, my fingers poised over the key board and away I go. Usually if I am writing a short story I sit staring into space, play a game of card on the computer, make a cup of coffee - anything, rather than sit and write the words, until I slap my wrists and force myself to just get on with it.

Nano is different, maybe because I have a set plan, a story in my head, a few paragraph ideas written down, a target word count and the best thing of all I know where the story is going.

It's definitely encouraged me to write more and I have even picked up a few ideas for some short stories, although once this month is over I must get a few stories that need editing polished up and subbed out.

Okay, must go, got to get a few more words down before bedtime.