First of all: Nanowrimo. Nanowhatoh? Nanowrimo; (inter-)National Novel Writing Month. It starts on Nov. 1st, and it's all about writing that book that you always said you wanted to write, in one month. Yes, you heard that right, writing a book in one month. Or well, writing a 50,000 word novel in one month. I've been doing this for a few years now, this year will be my 6th time, and I absolutely love it. Last year, I actually finished the story at the end of the 50,000 which had not happened to me before, and I was quite pleased with myself. I can't wait to get started again this year and not only get those 50k down, but also finish the story I want to tell.
Ok, now hold that thought...
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across this blog, telling me about Fake Journal Month. FJM is in April, and the idea is to keep an art journal, but not your own. You keep one for 'someone else', living or dead, or maybe even fictional. You might want to use materials you normally don't use, or techniques you normally would not use in your own work. Try something different, but as if you were someone else.
Sounds cool, right? But April is so far away...
Now, hold that thought too...
The other day, I was going through another 'I don't know what to take a picture of today' sort of mood. I'm still loving my Project 365, but sometimes there is simply 'nothing to take a picture of' and then it's hard. As I was looking around at my stuff and things to see what I could use for my daily picture, I saw my old Little Red Ridinghood doll. It can change into the Grandmother and the Wolf, but I only took a picture of Little Red Ridinghood. Here it is:
Nowwwwww... Put all those three together and you've got: a Nanowrimo novel about Little Red Ridinghood (but different, I promise) and a Fake Journal I will of course take pictures of to go with it! Ha! Because after 5 years, I know I can do the writing, and this would make it a bigger challenge. Besides, I love art journals and I can't wait until April to try a Fake Journal.
I'm already doing backgrounds in a Pokemon magazine that we got for the 3D glasses so we could watch a 3D episode of Chuck (it did not work... wrong colours I guess) so come Nov. 1st I can let Red pour her heart out in her new art journal! Can't wait!
This sounds great. I am looking forward to what you create. I started an alternative life journal, but I think I did it too slowly and lost interest. The month is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteHow does your doll turn into the Grandmother and the Wolf? I can't get my head around it.
She has a long dress, and when you lift the skirt up, and turn the doll around, there's Grandmother! Pull Nanny's cap over her head and there's the Wolf. ;) It is quite disturbing that Little Red Ridinghood has her Grandmother and the Wolf between her legs, but hey. ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I applaud you for writing the novel. I don't think I could do it in one month!!
ReplyDeleteIt's 'only' 1667 words per day. It sounds a lot, but last year I wrote about 300 per ad break on tv. ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds fun! This is my first year participating - I don't have a plan at all lol.
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