NaNoWriMo

It's National November Writing Month.

I've "won" (completed the 50k word count) in previous years, though last year was crazy busy and I only managed about 30k. The novel was set in the futuristic past and may or may not have involved a portal between pre-history and now, a Mr. Darcy-esque love interest, and houses with roof tiles that were solar panels in disguise. (Side note: few things annoy me more than little bugs flying in front of my computer screen while I'm typing. *swats at little bugs doing precisely that*) 

This year, as I'm currently enrolled in a film school in Australia, I've decided to attempt a screenplay instead. Possibly two.

Next semester I'll be making a short film based on a screenplay I've written (pending approval from Australia's film teacher equivalent of Severus Snape). I'm attempting a narrative based on the American Civil War, but set in a fantasy world akin to Tolkien's Middle-earth. I am confident that, whatever form my screenplay eventually takes, it will at least be a more interesting film to make than the three or four I've had to participate in recently, which involved drugs in the park, an eco-terrorist, and a gay couple interrogating each other over the breaking of a vase from Kmart. 

However, this particular screenplay has nothing to do with the one I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. For the aforementioned event, I'll be attempting a screenplay for a full length feature film. Not that it will ever be made, but a girl can dream.

I'll be writing a smaller amount per day than I would if I were attempting a novel, owing to the relative brevity of a screenplay, but this is better for me, schedule-wise. Updates may or may not follow. (I make no promises.)