*blows whistle* Listen up, campers!
It’s time to line up for Camp NaNoWriMo! Come on, don’t be shy! Grab your gear and follow me.
Watch your step, stick to the path. We don’t want anyone to get lost!
I hear some excited chatter back there! I know how you feel! It’s time to chuck the real world aside for a moment and dive back into our creative worlds. Here at Camp WritefromKaren, our goal is to provide you with a safe, comfortable place to allow your creative muse room to stretch, grow and dance, if he/she feels so inclined.
I know it feels a bit cool now, but once we build the campfire and snuggle up with a hot beverage or two, you’ll be all set to begin your writing adventure.
Step lively! We want to get there before dark!
*fifteen minutes of traipsing through the woods later*
And, we’re here! *blows whistle* You can place your stuff in your assigned cabins, there is a number on the back of the keychains you were given earlier, and then meet me back out here with your preferred writing utensil of choice and let’s get started!
*ten minutes later*
Welcome back! We’re all gathered here today to prepare for Camp NaNoWriMo. Anything goes. The rule is, there are no rules. You can approach Camp any way you choose. You can set your own word count, you can choose to use this time to edit an existing project and work on any project you so choose. Camp NaNoWriMo is not as stringent as the traditional NaNoWriMo held every November. The weather is warm (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the goal is to get out of the house (because the pandemic is almost over, right??), breathe in some fresh air, clean out the brain cobwebs, dust off your creative muse and have some fun!
Just a reminder, Camp NaNoWriMo is held every April and July so if you miss this camp, there is always another one just around the corner. I hope we can establish a writing group by next Camp so we can exchange ideas and offer support to one another.
For those of you curious as to my project – I plan on writing four stories about 6,500(ish) words long. Wait, what is a novella length … *Googles it* 10,000 to 40,000 words whereas a novelette, (which I didn’t even know existed before just now), is 7,500 to 10,000 words long.
So now, I have to challenge myself to write four novelettes this month because, why not??
I’d like to write 25,000 (ish) words in April – we’ll see how close I get.
I’m choosing shorter pieces because I feel like that’s the type of writing that suits me best. Anything longer than 10,000 words and I start getting bored – with or without plotting.
I’d like to host some writing sprints – not live, but via video. I don’t know about you guys, but writing sprints REALLY worked for me in November and I’m pretty sure that’s the reason I won NaNoWriMo in November 2020. You can also find TONS of writing sprints on YouTube – just search writing sprints and you can take your pick.
My Patreon is up and running, (link in the sidebar) but it’s just beginning and will take some time to build a community so in the meantime, I would love if you would consider joining me on the NaNoWriMo site for my “Write Away” group hosted there. NaNoWriMo limits the group size to 20. If you want to leave a comment on this post with your NaNoWriMo username, I can add you to the group. My username is take2max if you want to search for me. (You have to be signed into the NaNoWriMo site for that link to work).
I’m not sure if I will post my stories here or not. It all depends on what I get done and how fast I get it done. But I will post excerpts of my work on my Patreon, tier three, if you’re interested in joining. I would LOVE to see what you’re working on as well! Feel free to leave a link to your WIP in the comment section.
Here are a couple of story ideas – feel free to steal this for your own writing, if you’re looking for ideas:
- Hidden room discovered behind a mirror – why is it there? Who is watching her? Who is living there?
- Message in a bottle washes ashore. What is the message? Who is it from? Why was it put there?
- Bride’s limo catches fire on the way to her wedding. Does the wedding go on as planned? Or does this interruption change the bride’s life path forever?
- Flash drive full of disturbing pictures. The hunt is on to find the girl in the pictures and potentially save her life.
I may, or may not, use some of these ideas. 🙂
So, to recap: I plan on writing 7,500 (ish) words per week in April and to offer weekly (??) writing sprint videos.
Gah. I’m starting to sweat when thinking how much work this is going to be. lol
Okay campers, enough about me. What are YOUR plans for the 2021 April Camp NaNoWriMo?
Write From Karen 