block spotted: NaNoWriMo:WriToLatTo

Friday, November 5, 2010

NaNoWriMo:WriToLatTo

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Salam,

so after long consideration if i should or not jump onto a moving bandwagon, of a writing campaign, introduced by a fellow blogger and sister, Becky-i decided i should. I would like to claim that my urges to write occured at 3 AM this morning, after being woken up by my husband...who was insisting that i should improve my sleeping posture (i was having a back and neck strain the day before because i was sleeping in a odd position)so, I was planning to pay a visit, to a fellow friend early this morning, since my step son had sleep over at her house. She have 7 kids, and a big lawn and a small stream nearby their house. So my step son was all excited whenever he have the chance to spend his time with other kids. (being a single child can get pretty boring-although we do try hard to be cool for him LOL). So i decided, i might as well read books, watch videos or better WRITE while waiting for dawn prayer.

So i was going through becky's blog, and read her all excited with writing...a sudden urge of trying my creativity, wondering what i would actually write, starts playing with my curious bud. Should i be writing my own story? nah, i have my blog for that. How about a children/young adult novel? I wonder if i can do it.

I've been reading a lot of children book lately, i'm not too sure why, probably because i'm trying to find the 'childhood' in me for me to engage with my step son. The thing is, these children book tends to speak or move me more than all the books that i had to slave myself months to understand. Which is amazing how a message can be sent out in a simple package. So, i was thinking to give it a shot. My shot in being all -author-ish...ahhaha..

I would probably cheat and send my draft to my mum, for proof read. (she's a retired librarian, she was working in a government academy who had to do a lot of proof-reading, editing, book selecting for the publication)-which probably excites her, because as far as i could remember in all my attempt in writing my short novels and book in secondary school, she keep asking me if i would like to get all my books publish (all written in a hard-cover notebook, with a magazine cut collage of the title and attempt in making a book cover). I couldn't IMAGINE letting her read my stuff back then-it was too embarassing with all my make believes. So i always shy off with the idea.

I'm a little sceptical, and my brain is starting to get technical, all organize and all over analyzing (ugh!) which is a sign that i'll be making more excuses to procrastinate, waiting for a 'right' time. I'm not going to anticipate nor would i bother (yes, please tell myself that!)too much. i vowed that I'm going to write, when i am writing...and i'm going to think about the plot as i go along with the story. I would erase any memory of fear if i would be able to challenge myself in this...and taking this too seriously. This would be a challenge in taking one step at a time, and not being too analytical about everything.

AND Another challenge to see wether i'm picking and dropping things easily and cut myself short halfway...operation: writolatto!