‘Twas the night before NaNoWriMo and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The writing desk by the window was tidied with care,
In hopes that inspiration soon would be there;
Characters were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of plotlines danced in their heads.
The characters were so quiet, not a whistle or peep,
And had just settled down for a long creative sleep—
When out on the desk there arose such a clatter,
They sprang off the page to see what was the matter.
Away to the window they flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The light on the page looked like new fallen snow,
They saw something dark spreading below;
When, what to their wondering eyes should appear,
But a letter, quickly forming- large and clear,
With another following, so easy to decipher,
They knew in a moment it must be their writer.
More rapid than eagles the words they came,
And they whistled, and shouted, and call’d them by name:
“Now! Characters, now! Plot, now! Problems and Solution,
On! Tension, on! Motivation, on! Conflict and Resolution;
“To the start of the prologue! To the top of Chapter One!
“Now finally. Finally. Our story has begun!”
The writer had sat down with a goal that she could say
Was one thousand six hundred and sixty seven words a day
And laying her fingers to the keyboard
And writing, nearer her goal she soared.
She’d logged her progress as a NaNoWriMo member,
And the word count grew, until at the end of November:
She had a draft of 50,000 words in her sight Happy NaNoWriMo to all, and to all a good write!
So, I’m attempting NaNoWriMo this year- if anyone else is doing it let me know and we can be buddies 🙂
Author: Clara Ross
