Week Zero

Hello all! I'm back and have exciting news to share with you.

It's Week Zero!!!!

Okay, so maybe I should explain why that's so exciting.
Week Zero is the week of NaNoWriMo. We are down to a matter of days before the chaos of writing begins. This means I get to start writing my novel very, very soon, which excites me very, very much.

On the flip side of the excitement, there is panic. For every NaNo participant there is that slight panic as we reach the days before Day 1 and that is this - The Planning Panic.
The planning panic starts in the beginning October where we begin to wonder things like: "Is my plot ready? Do I even have a plot? What about my characters? Do they have a back story? Do they need a back story?!" and so on. We tend to over think during the planning panic, as we don't want to hit Week 3 and suddenly we hit the wall of nothingness.
("wall of nothingness" - a wall in which writers hit during Week 3 of NaNoWriMo where they do not know where to go with their story, nor do they know if they should continue writing. This is where the Inner Editor tends to prey on helpless writers.)
But, the good news for all of those who have friends that are taking part in NaNoWriMo is this insanity does not last forever. The bad news, though, is it will last until the writer is comfortable with their novel plot, characters and whatnot or until November is here. Usually it's the latter.

Whatever the case, Week Zero is a nerve bending week. This year, I'm excited about getting to Day 1! I will hopefully have time in the middle of preparing for November to post my plot summary here so you all can see it (of course there are a few people that need to see it first....so you'll see it around the Wednesday/Thursday mark).

Currently in my writing journey, I am in the post outlining phase. I have finished plotting out important chapter moments and my characters are mostly squared away. I have to write out a bit more on them, find important Scriptures that will help pull them together and finally, make sure I'm freed up for November.

So what about you guys? What are you doing this Zero Week? Are you prepping for NaNoWriMo? Working on something else? School projects? Let me know down in the comments!

See you all next time!!

~Kelsey~