Ian Swenson .com

No, no. It’s not something Mork would say. Check that, Mork probably would say that.

Nonetheless, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. Actually, November is NaNoWriMo, and this year, I’ve signed up!

That’s write (dur-hur), yours truly is planning to set out on the wonderful expedition of novel writing. Of course, it’s not really wonderful. It’s excrutiatingly tiring and I so dislike writing, but I feel the need to try it this year.

A few years back I was living with my cousin, Cameron, and he participated. He successfully completeted his required 50,000 words and finished with a nice, steaming pile of crap. And that’s what I want to do!

To be fair, I’m aiming for double that amount of words, and, ergo, I suppose, double that amount of crap.

I don’t want to get to heavily into plot ideas now, because I want to have the liberty to change it as I will. Writing the plot down now would leave me with some sense of responsibility of staying with my preconceptions even if I find out they’re not working too well.

But I will say these things: It is to be a fantasy novel set in the fantastical world I created when I was ten. I have six main characters in mind now. I plan on using a format similar to the frame story of Chaucer with the main main character’s story being primarily told through his interactions with the others and interludes.

That’s the plan, at least. I have good beginnings for each character in mind, but I haven’t the foggiest idea how I’ll get them all together and move them toward this vague climaxy thing I have in my head. We’ll see!

When I finish and edit, I plan on posting some of the excerpts here. I’m sure I’ll eventually self-publish it for my own enjoyment, but who knows. Maybe it’ll be good enough to submit to publishers. I’m not holding my breath, but it’s possible.