{"id":1345,"date":"2016-10-27T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrmaresca.com\/wp\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2016-10-26T23:37:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:37:34","slug":"perils-of-the-writer-gearing-up-to-start-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrmaresca.com\/wp\/perils-of-the-writer-gearing-up-to-start-a-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Perils of the Writer: Gearing Up To Start A Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you out there might be planning to participate in NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. \u00a0Good on you. \u00a0It isn’t something for me, in part because the pace demanded doesn’t match my ideal writing pace, and in part because, for me,\u00a0every month<\/em><\/strong> is Novel Writing Month. \u00a0My current schedule, my current system… it really doesn’t allow me much breathing room between projects.<\/p>\n

I’ve compared writing a novel to running a marathon, but that’s not right. \u00a0It’s going on an expedition. \u00a0You’re going to trek out there and do some serious\u00a0Lewis and Clark<\/em> level stuff to get from staring at a blank page to “Hey, I wrote a book!” \u00a0And if you were to cross to the Pacific or climb Everest or reach the south pole, you wouldn’t just strap your shoes on and start walking and find out what happens.<\/p>\n

No, you’re going to do some prep work. \u00a0You’re going to get yourself supplied. \u00a0What does that look like for this expedition?<\/p>\n

Here’s my checklist:<\/p>\n