Na na na na na NANOWRIMO!

So..close.. to being..finished..

Meh, we're reaching the home stretch of these blog posts, since I tend to double post every few weeks.

Which is good, because I need to have time for Nanowrimo.

Oh yeah, in case you didn't know...

NANOWRIMO IS TOMORROWWWWWW!

Ahem. Sorry for the outburst.

But really, I'm so excited for Nanowrimo. I had heard of it before but didn't really know that much about it before joining the Professional Writing major this year. And then I actually made the mistake of thinking that October was actually November.. yeah, I was a little confuzzled at the start of this semester.

But now it's really happening tomorrow and I am beyond excited, as I said. I've been wanting to flesh out my idea since I came up with it, and it's been so hard to resist. I just feel like writing, and I love that this gives me an excuse to do so and a deadline under which I can write consistently.

That's the best part, I think. Because I'm such a procrastinator (woah, was just about to write protagonist, can you tell I'm a little hyped up and ready for Nanowrimo yet?) I usually start projects and then just never get around to finishing them, because I have no pressure, no deadline to work under. Whereas with school work I can crack that junk out like it's nothing 'cause of all the deadlines. So this is just, like, awesome.

But as that is the case, my last couple blog posts might very well just be sections of my Nanowrimo novel. Because I've been wanting to post some original poems/fiction/creative nonfiction (aside from that one writing prompt post.. and I also think I posted one poem), so this fits quite nicely.

Also I wanted to mention that this week's assigned readings seem like they're going to be especially helpful in writing my Nanowrimo novel. Very interesting stuff. Especially the bit about Hikmet.. I never even knew this guy existed. His poems are just beautiful; I'd definitely recommend looking him up.

It's funny how I continue to find beauty and meaning and a sort of comfort in the poems and writings of great writers. Because they always seems to perfectly articulate what I'm feeling in words, where I fail in this pursuit. Gives me hope that I can one day inspire others as they've inspired me. Even if I can't quite articulate one emotion, I can still articulate others that perhaps other people cannot, and therefore can help them to better understand themselves, as I have come to better understand myself.

One can only hope.

~Dale B.