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| Change The Galaxy: My 2016 National Novel Writing Month entry |
I've been dreaming of the setting for this novel for quite some time- I'm fascinated by gas giants and I love to imagine ways humans can settle these seemingly unconquerable beasts. Because a gas giant is a ball of gas, there is no land to build on. Every part of life on such a planet will be based on space stations, spaceships, and the most intensive life support systems ever conceived.
2016 marks my fourth NaNoWriMo attempt. I won NaNoWriMo in 2013, and haven't been able to hit 50k words since. I'm both optimistic and a little worried this year. I would love to celebrate a NaNoWriMo win my senior year of high school. I don't know how much time for writing I'll have in college, so this may be my last chance to participate in NaNo.
In years past, my biggest roadblock to finishing NaNo has been running out of plot, or starting and then realizing the story isn't fun, isn't sustainable, or was just badly planned. In 2012, I tried to write an entire book about one person, isolated on a planet. I couldn't relate to him, and there was almost no story to write. This year, however I think I have a winning plot. There's lots of it, and it starts where things get interesting- not after it, like in 2012.
When I write characters I don't relate to, I get burned out easily. This year I'm not going to fight that fact, and I'm going to write a character as close to myself as I can. She's going to be nerdy and awkward, without a doubt. While I don't think that I could see myself as a hired gun, in the world of my novel it's not a hard role to dream up.
For the first month of this blog, I'm going to be almost exclusively posting NaNoWriMo updates. I'm more excited for this year than I think I ever have been, and I am going to post character profiles in the next few days to help with development. Until next time, thanks for reading!
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