A New Challenge

I haven't been blogging much lately. I started a job in August that requires long hours and a substantial commute. It's been draining. I haven't been writing. At all. I even have a sit com pilot outlined, an idea that I like, but I just don't have the taste for it right now. I don't feel funny. Most of the time, I just feel tired.

So I'm going to participate in NaNoWriMo. Yes, I'm going to try and write a novel in 30 days. A little crazy, but I'm going to adapt a screenplay I wrote around this time last year, so I have a pretty solid outline working for me. I think it will help free my mind and make me use my creativity in a different way than I'm used to, hopefully expanding my skills. And I don't have to be funny in the same way I do when writing dialogue that's supposed to make people laugh out loud, and that is a relief. I've written 3 pages, although in novel writing pages don't count like screenplay pages. It's all about the words. 832 down, 49,168 to go.

I love the idea of so much creative energy going towards the same place at the same time. Good luck to everyone participating!