I’m finally noticing what turns me on. I don’t know why I’m noticing this now nor why I never noticed before. On Tuesday, I scheduled editing time for the novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo in November 2007. I actually started! The novel isn’t as bad as I thought, and editing is turning out to be fun. I also got motivated to start Script Frenzy. I felt alive in a way that I haven’t while reading what I wrote and editing. The script writing was fun. The whole premise of my screen play is obsurd, and that’s good. Now, the question is…how do I make money doing this? It’s not the only thing I love doing, but I love the experience. I think I could do this all the time. I loved writing the article on San Jose for Jack Magazine. I would love to do more writing, whether it is fiction, non-fiction, travel, technical… I think you get the point.

The script writing officially started April 1. I remembered just before noon yesterday. So I’m off to write a script. I have a two-page start. The whole thing is rather corny and possibly stupid. However, since I haven’t written a script before, I’m just playing. Wish me luck on reaching 100 pages by April 30.

Just wanted to let everyone know that the article I was writing is complete. We had quite a few emails back and forth. The top picture is of the recent magazine. The second picture is of the magazine offices.

I have been listening to an audio book called The Ultimate Anti-Career Guide. I have only  just gotten thorugh the first CD. A very simple qusiton was asked:  “What would you do if you couldn’t fail?”.  The first answer that popped into my head was photography. I think it might have been first because I had just looked up prices on a new camera that I have wanted for a few months. The next answer to the question was writing–as in writing novels or books. Perhaps a non-fiction book is possible.

Then you look at your family history when it comes to work and career. The author also discusses the myths that we have inherited about work. What I saw was that I learned that: you must work and it isn’t fun, you can’t work in your passion, and you must give up your passions and dreams to make money. I watched my mother do these things. I always told myself that I wouldn’t give up my dreams just for a paycheck. And then I saw that is exactly what I have done. I have taken positions–well-paying ones–in areas I don’t like and couldn’t care about. It really makes me sick to see that I have done the same thing as my mother when I vowed I would never do that. My sister has done the same thing. I don’t know what I will find out next, but I will let you know.

Now that it’s January, it’s time for me to revisit that little piee of work I created in November. I’d like to avoid it as much as possible. Yet it’s not finished. Editing doesn’t sound like fun. While the story was entertaining while I wrote it, I don’t know that I will like it when I go back to it.

Perhaps I’ll be cursing at the novel instead of thinking that the editing process is a curse.

Now for a few statistics from this years NaNoWriMo:  101,510 participants and 15,333 winners (15.1%)

Looking at those numbers, I can’t believe that I reached the goal this year.

I haven’t had a chance to celebrate mt winning NaNoWriMo yet. I have the champagne in the refrigerator. I had a leadership program weekend in San Francisco. I suppose I could have celebrated on Sunday, but after driving back, I was tired. I feel a bit of a let down after all the writing I did last month. I did it though. I finally wrote a novel, which I had been wanting to do for most of my life.

How’s this for sheer craziness? Nigel Tomm wrote a one-sentence book “The Blah Story, Volume 4.” The sentence is 469,375. which makes the book 732 pages. I suppose that is 732 pages of word after word after word. No dialog.

If you read it, where would you mark your spot to come back to later? I’m quite a reader, but even I am not going to read 732 pages at once. This book holds the record for the longest sentence in English literature. Perhaps the title tells us all we need to know.

I found this over at Write Stuff this morning. Here’s the press release.

I have officially won NaNoWriMo. I reached 50,316 words today. The novel isn’t finished. I haven’t gotten to the point where I can write “The End.” It’s coming though. I have five more days of writing. I can’t believe that I wrote all that. I had a few days where writing 2,000 words was tough and took a long time, but other days 2,000 words came quickly.

I apologize for not writing about anything but my novel. I’m currently at 46,852 words. I’m almost there! I can’t wait to see what the winner certificate looks like. I’ll be spending time writing this afternoon. I should have an update tomorrow. The plan is to reach 50,000 words on Monday.

I didn’t get a chance to write on my novel on Wednesday. I’m lucky if I get to write here this whole month. Yesterday was a good day for the novel though. I made up the writing I intended for Wednesday. My word count now stands at 41,500. I meant to write another 500 words yesterday, but I spent too much time at the neighbor’s house in the afternoon.