So today, being the first of November, was the start of National Novel Writing Month, where a bunch of us crazy writers write whole rough drafts in 30 days. I started writing at midnight last night, and got in my first thousand words.
Then, this afternoon, I went to a write-in at Bookmans, where I and about 25 others sat and wrote on our laptops, our notebooks, or--get this--our typewriters. Yes, one guy had a vintage green typewriter. Says it helps his creativity. When I'm stuck, I go to paper and pen. When I'm in line or in a boring meeting or at the kitchen table eating cereal and have to write something, I certainly do it on paper. But boy, I'm glad for my computer, where I can cut, paste, erase, erase again, switch things around, search and replace, etc. Still, the sound of those typewriter keys clicking away was something special. It even drew quite a few looks from the innocent non-writer bystanders in the book store.
Despite the distractions inherent to a write-in, I got 2000 words down. And I don't think it's trash. :) Only 47,000 to go. Good luck all you other nanowrimos!
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