Saturday, 31 October 2009

Last-minute fear and introductions

It is two hours to the launch of NaNoWriMo, and I have to admit, I'm getting at least slightly anxious and scared. Of course, I'm still excited, but...!

The thing is, I just looked over my plot outline and like plot outlines are supposed to be, it's quite vague. I'm just afraid I'll run out of ideas or something, especially since I'm coming to my hormonal time of month, meaning that I will be swinging like crazy (moodswinging, not actually swinging, even though that WOULD be nice), which means I will be depressed at points, and Following the Gay Umbrella is most definitely not a depressed sort of story, but lighthearted and snarky at times.

The other thing is that I was reading the forums and, you know, I'm not a stressful sort of person and I'm going to this month in a whole I-can-do-it, no-problems sort of attitude, i.e. very relaxed and not scared at all, but... but somehow, reading the forums and having people assure that THERE WILL BE DIFFICULT TIMES BUT IT WILL BE OK is just making me more stressed. Will it really be that difficult to write 1667 words per day?

EEEEEEEEEEEK.

I guess I never really got to introducing my little characters, did I... I should at least mention the remaining three: Sebastian, who is that "oh please" sort of bad boy, who could have been a bully and who is silently loyal, even though he doesn't display his affection and believes in only platonic love; Sophie, who is the animal-loving girl of the group (though not vegetarian), horseback rider and the one who asks all the questions, and freaks out and complains a whole lot; finally, Nicholas, who is the techie of the group, the one who works entirely too much and thus is having problems passing school - he is the one who gathers all information, tries to classify it and offer his knowledge on different aspects, and the one who is addicted to caffeine and who falls asleep on soft things.

Two more hours!

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