College and NaNo--Day 1

Why have I been silent since over a month ago? I've been doing all the homework that I can in advance in preparation for NaNo. This meant I had to read the homework of October, November, and half of December and do all of the exercises. I had originally meant to get all of it done by Halloween, but working on two theatre shows during that time cut down on my ability to do it quite a bit. It was a tough October, reading at least two books during the weekend when I had large pieces of time to read.

But yesterday, realizing that fear, not homework, prevented me from beginning my NaNo, I started it. I still have the goal of 50K by the end of November, and 30K (hopefully) by the middle of December. Going at the pace I am now, I know I will have too long of a book and will need to pare it down, but this is draft 0. It isn't even draft 1. I am getting a feel for the characters, setting, and plot right now. I will have to do about 2400 words every day in order to reach the goal, but I am determined to finish this year. I am determined to show my writing friend Treeland with the majority (or hopefully all) of it done.