I’ve started to look into this novel project of mine. I’m about to undertake the 6 month writing of a fantasy novel beginning on February 1 and going through till August when I expect to be done. It is a massive undertaking and one I am taking far more lightly than I probably should. If my 100 push ups experience is any indication, I’m going to strain a brain muscle in the process. Unlike the push ups, I believe I can will me through this one.
What is different here from previous novel writing efforts is… level of skill? No, nothing is really different. I am not entering this project with any more awareness beyond knowing that this story is that dangling thread that needs to be tugged, which I will indeed tug. It feels like something that needs to be done.
It also feels like a project that is being done before everyone else does it. Much of what I dream up to write gets written by another writer as I am imagining it. So, doing this now and in a contained time frame allows me the chance to actually get it out first. There’s some joy in knowing that could happen.