Mar 09 2010
I’m totally the poster child for month long writing challenges right now
I totally originally wrote that title as “postal child” which you may find to be more appropriate.
So, as you know, back in November, I took on National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo as the cool people call it. I finished and won and all that good stuff.
Now it is March. March, you will be unsurprised to learn, is National Novel Editing Month which people call NaNoEdMo. Though much less formal than NaNoWriMo, the goal of NaNoEdMo is to do 50 hours of editing in the month of March.
I am not officially signed up to do NaNoEdMo but I am basically doing it all the same while I frantically rush to finish editing my novel (written during NaNoWriMo, so you see how this all comes together) so that I can give it to beta readers before the start of April.
Why do readers need it before the start of April, you ask?
Because April, my dear chums, is Script Frenzy, the bastard red-headed step child of NaNoWriMo. (I mean that affectionately, naturally.) That month long challenge is to write an 100 page script in a month. You probably think that the cool kids call this NaScriWriMo but you would be wrong. They call it Screnzy. I have no idea why.
For the love of God, Hillary, you ask at this point, why are you doing Script Frenzy? Don’t you have enough damn stuff to do? Several reasons. Firstly, I was recommended to be the ML (Municipal Liaison) for my area in NaNoWriMo this year. So before I decide if I should dive into that, I wanted to have the experience of organizing a smaller event so I decided to act as unofficial ML for my area for Script Frenzy this year. Now the “why” behind my rationale for taking on ML-ing for either event this is a much longer answer that we shall discuss at another time. But there is a very good reason for it, I promise.
But in addition to that, I also wanted to get a ton more new writing done this year so far be it for me to turn my nose up at any challenge that gets my butt in the seat and makes me write more. So as long as there is a support group and a goal to meet, you know I’m there. I love the creative spirit and group effort that NaNoWriMo is and getting to do it more than once a year is a bonus.
What will I be writing? Stay tuned for that info. 
So while I NaNoEdMo my NaNoWriMo in preparation for Screnzy, I will descend ever father into madness. Join me, won’t you?
PS: While I’m still going to blog about Screnzy writing progress and behind the scenes kind of stuff, I moved all my How-To type Screnzy stuff to this new section of the site called Script Frenzy tips & resources.
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