Welcome
Greetings and welcome to my NaNoWriMo LiveJournal. NaNoWriMo is a yearly writing event that begins and spans every November. The goal of every participant is to write 50,000 words for a novel. I have decided to start a blog to share my story and my experiences writing said story for 2007.

I have participated in NaNoWriMo only one year previously, in 2005. I did not meet the 50,000 word goal, but I have learned a lot about what it takes. What does it take, you ask?

Discipline. The nature of NaNoWriMo means that I don't need to worry about details that slow me down when I'm writing. All I have to worry about is putting my heart into 50,000 words. That leaves room for lots of discipline, and you sure need it. Depending on your creative output, getting that many words into a month can be a daunting task. In my opinion, the trick is making sure I get at least 2,000 words into my story every day.

Why 2,000? Well, it's just rounding up. It gives me a buffer. All the discipline in the world can't account for the fact that real life just happens sometimes. By putting in 2,000 words every day that I can, I hope to account for most of the time I will miss.

So what is my story? Poorly planned.

Just kidding (kinda). Inspired by a dream I had less than a week ago, Disasterstrike is a sci-fi/fantasy thriller. It tells of a young man who must face many demons. Some will be from his past. Some will come to him in the future. And many are very tangible and out for blood. Disasterstrike portrays a modern world being slowly torn by a mysterious series of murders that span the globe. How will a culture that finds value in safety and freedom reconcile this change? Well, hell if I know. I came up with this less than a week ago.

Everything I write here is for my own gratification. I am sharing it with you because I am gratified by attention.