I had planned to participate in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) again this year (meaning I planned to again, not that I’ve participated before and will participate again). But now it is November 6th and I still haven’t written one sentence for a novel.

I’d like to give excuses like lack of time (and it would be true), but the absolute truth is that I haven’t a clue what to write about. If I were to start writing a story right now, I imagine it would start as autobiographical, about a guy from the Midwest blah blah blah…

Creative writing was always a challenge for me when I wanted to draw on experiences that weren’t my own. Anyone have any ideas? Even with you helping to provide a framework to my story, I still might struggle to bang out 50,000+ words by the end of this month. (Especially since I still have a sermon to prepare for this weekend.)

However, if I do manage to write something, I’ll be sure to post it.