NaNoWriMo 2020

 What in the world... it's October 31st already! NaNoWriMo is less than 12 hours away! Luckily, I have actually been thinking about NaNo 2020 for quite some time, have registered on the website, have even donated for the greater good, but I hadn't actually blogged about doing all that. Time to amend this. (Last year my post came at the end of September, so maybe this is just making up for my earliness (is this a word?) then).
It is strange to think NaNo really is around the corner, especially in this weird corona year when time seems to go a lot faster than usual, although nothing much happens or changes over the cause of the days or weeks. You'd think finding time to write 50,000 words is going to be really easy, but if finding the time to blog about it is already hard, that may not really be the case... As I say every year; we shall see how that goes.

The good news is; I actually have a plan! I have a theme, a main character, some character development, several other characters, and a plot. I have even gone as far as to buy myself a whiteboard, coloured pieces of paper and lots of cute little magnets, to map out my storyline. And file little background pieces for all of my characters. But, as every year, I don't know everything already, so those little snippets will be filled out when I suddenly discover they have five siblings under the age of ten, went on holiday to North Korea or have tapdancing for a hobby. Characters never cease to surprise. So I'll still call myself a 'plantser'; someone who has somewhat plotted out their novel, but is mostly 'pantsing', that is; seeing what will come up.

The last couple of years (apart from some diversions into fantasy or romance) I have been writing in the 'realism' genre, which were mostly variations on my very successful 2015 NaNo story. This year, I'm sticking with the style I like, and it is going to be a realistic novel, but I chose 'literary' as my genre nonetheless. I am hoping to get a bit more Sally Rooney/Ali Smithesque vibe going. I have been debating whether I want to write first person narrator or omniscient narrator, and the answer might even be; both, depending on the section. I am a big fan of consistency though, so again; we shall see how that goes. And I am writing in Dutch, yet again.

And as always, I will keep you up to date with my writing progress. There are some nifty new badges on the website, so I may even try to update my wordcount every day. Also, as November 1st is a Sunday, I hope to put in at least 5,000 words tomorrow, to give me some headway in the busier workdays ahead. And then we'll see how much all that plotting and preparing is going to pay off...