For me, it is also the start of my month-long, self-prescribed torture of NaNoWriMo. It's not off to a very good start.
The good news is that I've already written my 1667 words for the day. The bad news is it took me two hours.
The good news is that I'm pretty sure I've got a rudimentary plot worked out. The bad news is I'm already bored with it.
See, the thing about NaNoWriMo is that you're not supposed to start until November 1st. It's a 30 day writing exercise and if you cheat, well... where's the fun in that? But that means that what sounded like a kick-ass idea back in September has been percolating in my brain for over four weeks with no outlet and now I'm just feeling bleh about the whole thing.
Kind of like a Halloween candy hangover, actually.
The other thing about those 1667 words a day, is that it has to be EVERY DAY to make the 50K by November 30th. We have a three day trip to Berlin planned this month, not to mention little things like my birthday and the Thanksgiving holiday. I was hoping to ride a wave of initial creativity and build up a surplus word count before then, but evidently it's bad form to hide out in your bedroom like a survivalist in stinky sweats with your laptop when you have to share your bed with another human being.
The problem doesn't seem to be inspiration so much as motivation.
I am SO SCREWED.
Updated 8:44pm: Switched my POV to first person, pumped out another 500 words in 20 minutes. Problem solved! I am a writing ninja!
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