Planning

Alright, I have a novel idea for Nanowrimo. It even has the beginning of a main conflict, although I need to make sure I have that in clear focus before November 1st. I can see what starts the conflict rolling but I can't see where it ends. I do have, however, the last scene of the book which is unusual for me. Everything feels very off kilter. I don't even have the main character in focus yet. This is a really strange way to go about things, but I'm resolved to try this. It's not like "my way" ever worked.

Looking towards the shape of November... November is always busy with Thanksgiving in it. This year however, I have two conferences to go to and 12 week grades to post. I'm going to be super busy.

Daily schedule is going to be key. During the week 6:30 AM to 4 PM is solidly booked. I get up at 4 (ish) and have about an hour before I need to put lunches together. After school, we get home around 5:30. Normally, I spend about an hour and a half on cooking and eating, or, if I've pre-cooked over the weekend, playing with Thomas and eating. Around 7 PM or so Thomas get's his "movie time" and we try to get him in bed by 8:30 PM. We are usually in bed by 9. So, I have, as it stands now, an hour in the morning and from 7 PM to 9 in the evening. I'm going to keep going with the blog through this and I need to keep reading as well as writing. If I just accept that I need to sacrifice some sleep this month and keep going until 10PM I can manage four hours each week day. Weekends are different of course.

So, I think my writing schedule needs to look like this:

4AM-5AM: Writing blast
5AM-6AM: Pack lunches & get ready for work
6AM -7AM: Commute & school prep
7AM - 4 PM: Educate and Mold young minds
4 PM - 5:30 PM: Commute (Reading or Outlining)
5:30 PM - 7 PM: Family Time and Dinner
7 PM - 8:30 PM: Movie Time (Write Blog Post & Read)
8:30 PM - 10 PM: Write, Write, Write

Realistically, that's a pretty grueling pace and unless I do that last writing session standing, I will probably fall asleep some of the time, but it's a start