Am I thinking about writing a novel again?

Photo by Leah Newhouse. Also an accurate reflection of how I type.

Sort of.

The AI debacle over at National Novel Writing Month prompted me to look at my collection of unfinished novels and ask myself, “Hey, would I like to start yet another novel and probably not finish it?”

And the answer is…maybe!

The nice part is that this time I’d be doing it outside NaNoWriMo, meaning I can work on whatever schedule I like, such as:

  • Write 500 words per day
  • Write 1,000 words per week
  • Think, sincerely, and at length, about one really great idea for a novel while writing absolutely nothing
  • Write 2,000 words, start over in a different piece of software, then repeat several times before being distracted by something else
  • Switch to longhand, write three pages, have my hand cramp up horribly and wonder what the hell I was thinking
  • Look, it would have been a great novel, OK?

I’ve got options, is what I’m saying. Let’s see what happens next!

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