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Exercise in Creativity
Sunday, November 01, 2009 4:55 PM

Gosh, has it been two months since a blog post?

The last months have been hectic... We've been working on RW, I've been having a physical problems, personal problems, employment problems... The hits just keep on coming, but I'm rolling with them.

Anyway, for those of you that are not aware, today is November 1st, the first day of National Novel Writing Month. The objective of this month might sound easy to some and brutal to others: 50,000 words in 30 days. It's a very important event to all the would-be writers out there.

I once thought I could be a writer, and have written several short stories in the past, but my stories have never amounted to more than 3-4 pages. Writing at length for me is a daunting task, and to be frank I'm not particularly good at it. I never imagined I would be participating in this seemingly impossible objective.

But this year I'm approaching it differently. Other people I've talked to have been worried that attempting this will distract me from working on RW. So I decided to merge the two tasks... by writing the prequel to Rachel's Walk.

Honestly, I have no idea if the prequel story is enough to cover 50,000 words. I also have no guarantee that I will finish said prequel in a month. But attempting this allows me to have a more concrete background to the game, a point of reference for all the current events. It's not so much a writing exercise; it's a creative one, allowing me to think about aspects of the game I haven't considered yet.

For this reason, I seriously doubt anyone outside of my team will read this before game launch. But, depending how it goes... and depending on how much my writing sucks... maybe I'll release bits and pieces of it. Can't really say right now - I've only written 451 words so far.

Anyway, for those of you that are interested, HERE is my official NaNoWriMo profile. Just so you're aware, my partner in crime Lauren "Ineffabelle" Soffer is doing this exercise as well, and she's writing a heckuva lot faster (and significantly better, I imagine) than I am.

Anyway, we'll see how this goes...

Posted by David "Nighthawk" Flor on Sunday, November 01, 2009 4:55 PM

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