NaNoWriMo is coming

No, it's not something like the Great Pumpkin. Nation Novel Writers Month, is November. It's this thing where you write 50k words during the month of November. It's a challenge. You have to write the novel during the month, not before and not after. It is supposed to get people writing, being creative. You load the novel to the website and it counts the words, then it deletes it. It's not about who's better or who wrote the better book. It's just about doing it.
Which in theory could help people open up and just write, if they aren't concerned about someone actually will read the book. For me, I can write about whatever I want, and know no one is going to judge it. At the same time, I can write like someone is going to read it at some point.

I've decided to try and write on my WoD storyline. I want to work my way through the plot from beginning to end and figure out how to run people through it. Mike has been asking me to run another round of my J&H storyline. He enjoyed it, and I did too. But the issue I was having was that I didn't know how to get someone from start to end. I was expecting them to figure things out. I am hoping if I write it out and figure it out for myself, that I can walk others through it.

I have to figure out a name for the main Character. I haven't found one I'm comfortable with yet. I think it's because of the way I'm going about this, using characters I already created to fill in all the other places. I'm having a hard time finding someone who will fit into the picture. And a name helps create the image of the person, so a Jenny is a different image of a person in my head than a Heather. I just have to find the name that creates the image of a person that fits with the rest of the cast in my head.

I also think I'm going to run this from the WtA aspect of the storyline, rather than the VtM side, since Mike wants to play a VtM side. If I work everything from the Garou side, it gives me an idea of not only how to go from start to finish, but what to toss in on Vampire play from the Garou side of things. The idea of the SL was that the Wolves and Vamps would have to bite the bullet and work together to get the positive ending. So by writing the side that isn't going to be played, I'll have a handle on things from that side when I have to toss them together.

It's a decent idea, and I hope it creates a 50k project. I also hope I can get it done in the month I have. I will try to keep some kind of log as to how I'm doing here as well, provided I have the time. Which means, my posts might slow during November a bit, since I'll be trying to find the time to do my writing between taking care of the Bug and everything else.