NaNoWriMo

It has been a while.

I mentioned NaNoWriMo in my last post and I did indeed sign up.  I am unsure whether my work schedule will actually let me complete it but I have been doing a fair bit of thinking about a story for it, and this has increased in the last week or so as time gets tighter.

Things have taken a bit of a surprising turn although given previous history it shouldn't really have been a surprise. A character is giving me a hard time, complaining about the silly story I want to put her in and demanding to have a veto about her background, attitudes and development. All my ripostes about author privilege are batted away with an imperious swipe of her hand as she looks over my shoulder at the page. How am I supposed to even have a chance at doing this if my own characters can't be relied upon to co-operate?

On the other hand if the character is that strong then that is a good sign, I think

Unfortunately I still have at least two more primary characters to sort out before I get onto the supporting cast.

Having said that, I decided to have a crack this evening at drafting the opening scene which, on current plans, features the argumentative character and 1500 words came along. Those words will no doubt change should I ever get to second draft stage but it is a fair start to get me going. I reckon my only chance to get through NaNoWriMo is to have a bit of a head start to carry me through the days when work means I can't write.