I’m four days into Nation Novel Writing Month and starting to remember why I don’t try writing a novel in 30 days more often. It’s two things really:
- Sometimes when I’m writing, I feel as though I am taking a really fun, interesting story idea and turning it into the most boring, mundane thing ever. My own worst critic? Probably – but I can take any plot and turn it into 300 pages about washing my hands or walking the kids to the bus stop (not that I’ve written 300 pages mind you – I’d be stoked if that were true!). I’m trying to pull out more interesting words and amp up my plot, but it’s been hard to find my creativity when…
- Writing with children at home. Ugh. Writing while the kids are home is downright painful as I try to immerse myself into the task at hand only to be interrupted roughly ever 1.2 minutes with information like “Mommy, my pretzel looks like a triangle!” or “Can I watch tv?” or “I have a poopy diaper.” Then there’s the dog who also thinks I should pay attention to him – and the dishes need to be washed, the laundry needs to be folded, we’re out of milk, I need to check my email and probably somebody should make dinner.
Tomorrow both kids will be at school for a few hours and I’m hoping that I can go back to my happy place that I was experiencing on Friday when this was new and fun and almost easy. I’m hoping my character does something more interesting than take the kids to the bus stop and fold her laundry. I’m hoping I can get ahead on my word count during the school week to make up for Sat-Mon when I am never alone and my creative inspiration evaporates into thin air.
Are you writing a novel this month?
What are your strategies to avoid writer’s block and ignore / cope with interruptions?
Mommablogsalot 
3 responses to “Nanowrimo Week One: Four days in and the honeymoon is over.”
My English comp teacher said just write get all the words out. Edit later. I to can write 300 words (ya you said pages) on something I know nothing about and get an A it seems.
I buy powder milk for cooking. It seems to cost about the same as regular milk. But you only make as much as you need. The package suggests you make it the day before and refrigerate overnight for best taste but if your using it for cooking it does not matter. I make it in an old peanut butter jar. Just add powder and water and shake. You can make a quarter cup at a time if you want.
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A few things (is it bad to say everything I’ve meant to comment on in a completely irrelevant post?) first of all you can do this! I’m cheering for you!
Secondly I love the simple marigold flower pic and that you did it with your homemade light box. I need to make me one again. It’s amazing what something as simple as lighting can do for a pic.
Thirdly you guys so rock the Tardis! I think my boys are a little jealous 🙂
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I still can’t get over how easy that lightbox was to put together – and free (if you don’t count the lights)!
And yes we’re pretty proud of that Tardis – it was a stroke of luck that we had a box just the right size!
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