.... And the sudden panic sets in.
So.... NaNo is in a little over a week.
I have a murder-victim, a whole slew of characters, a good grip on the plot - I'm even starting to play with the idea of which kind of para-text goes where (i.e: letters at the beginning of chapters, quotes stuck as chapter-headers, things like that) - and really, the only thing that isn't completely nailed down is how it ends.
Watch me panicking anyway. Last year went perfectly fine and I didn't have half the plotting I have this year. Perhaps I've just gotten into the habit of panicking as I realise that yes, I have seven days to go before I have to start hammering away at my keyboard. The only thing that's really changed this year is that I'm in my third and final year in upper secondary school, which means I have a truckload of things to do and no time at all to do it in.
On the roster for November is - besides NaNo and the all-encompassing panic-y insanity that is - quite a few things.
1. A national test in Swedish. (By the way, I think I have the first one on Friday, and the second one - which is five hours long - somewhere in mid-November. o.O)
2. The planning, recording and editing of an art-flick (3-4 minutes long, but still) for my Motion Picture-class.
3. I am expected to - aside from all the other school-related things - work really hard on my senior project, which means I will have very little time to do the last thing on my list, which is....
....4. Sleep.
But I'll be fine. I'll make it. I've done this before - it's easy.
At least, if I keep telling myself that, it might even come true. (I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...)
I have a murder-victim, a whole slew of characters, a good grip on the plot - I'm even starting to play with the idea of which kind of para-text goes where (i.e: letters at the beginning of chapters, quotes stuck as chapter-headers, things like that) - and really, the only thing that isn't completely nailed down is how it ends.
Watch me panicking anyway. Last year went perfectly fine and I didn't have half the plotting I have this year. Perhaps I've just gotten into the habit of panicking as I realise that yes, I have seven days to go before I have to start hammering away at my keyboard. The only thing that's really changed this year is that I'm in my third and final year in upper secondary school, which means I have a truckload of things to do and no time at all to do it in.
On the roster for November is - besides NaNo and the all-encompassing panic-y insanity that is - quite a few things.
1. A national test in Swedish. (By the way, I think I have the first one on Friday, and the second one - which is five hours long - somewhere in mid-November. o.O)
2. The planning, recording and editing of an art-flick (3-4 minutes long, but still) for my Motion Picture-class.
3. I am expected to - aside from all the other school-related things - work really hard on my senior project, which means I will have very little time to do the last thing on my list, which is....
....4. Sleep.
But I'll be fine. I'll make it. I've done this before - it's easy.
At least, if I keep telling myself that, it might even come true. (I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...)