I'm Back!

I don't know if there is some hardcore readership of this blog out there who have thoughts of rage and vengeance on their minds due to my long absence, but I have returned. At any rate, you can't have been too pissed, because I haven't been notified of any comments. My last post was made on the first day of my new job, now that I've moved in with my fiancee. That was more that two months ago, and since then, it's been a whirlwind of moving and showers and other crazy wedding plans. But that is not what is on my mind today. Those of you who have read my blog from the beginning know that I started it last year as a sort of prep tool for NaNoWriMo. That is what I am going to turn it into again now. So, without further ado, here are some of my thoughts on how to make this years NaNoWriMo a successful one.

First, I think that I should focus on characters and setting more than plot. I think that I could write better if I my novel was a series of vignettes about a single character or place.

Second, I should not fear incorporating the details of my life in my novel. I have taken quite a liking to Proust since last November, and I think that his style might work well for me. Which is to say that a series of roughly chronological recollections by a narrator who is quite similar to me is probably something I could do.

Third, I should write about what I know. That means that I think that I should write something with characters like me and people I know, set in a place that I am familiar with, using elements of my favorite genres. I guess that means I should write about an outbreak of zombies set in Minnesota, with about the tone of an Aaron Sorkin TV series (i.e.: The West Wing or Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).

On a related note, I think it would be awesome if Aaron Sorkin's next project was about Zombies. I wonder how one would go about suggesting such a thing?