Although she doesn't stay up at night as late as the previous one, Anna awakens at 7 AM, much less tired than on the first day. Around the breakfast table, she has some questions for Yulia that she didn't have I mind until the euphoria of the first day of NaNo wore off.
"I wonder what drove you to write, Yulia..." Anna asks her roommate.
"My job as a civil servant for the FAA is a little unsatisfying, but I need some experience before I can get to what I really want out of the civil service. In the meantime, I take to writing to get what my job couldn't provide"
"I believe it's some agency over what you're doing that you really want. It's not uncommon for people who feel powerless over some aspect of their lives to take to creative endeavors to fill that hole in their lives"
"Bingo, Anna. Thank you for the coffee, by the way"
Anna then prepares her cup of coffee as she prepares for another day of writing at home. She begins her day of writing by checking on the state Discord server for possible answers to her questions about seed money and teenage entrepreneurship. All that she seemed to get from both NaNo boards and the state's NaNo Discord server was linked about what they shouldn't do in her mind. Crowdfunding should be avoided, especially since the sale of PR and advertising using deepfakes is not a B2C service, the lack of originality can hurt them when entering entrepreneurial contests whose prize is seed money, the host family would probably be wary enough of entanglements not to invest... she's caught in a dilemma of what her characters should be talking about at the FBLA session and how they are going around getting the seed money.
But none of these is going to be written just yet, since the current chapter she's writing is about life in the partisan clubs, and how the Young Democrats club seem to be much more popular among the student body than the Young Republicans. And not just because the student body seems to lean more Democrat than Republican. "Cuh-laire" (Claire), however, had about 15 students join the club, as opposed to a grand total of 2 members for the Young GOP.
And also about how the other Young Republican introduces "Massiekur" (Massey) to extemp, about what really matters when practicing for it. For which she skims resources such as the Extemper's Bible, about what beginners in extemp should do.
And, of course, both partisan clubs are made aware of upcoming events in what is known as the "invisible primary", that is, the period where candidates show interest in running for office before the primaries begin. Both intend to take advantage of the invisible primary to get to the potential customers, but in the middle of a daytime writing sprint, Anna takes a good look at what is, in effect, a fourth chapter. I can't keep adding new stuff to it forever just to pad a word count! It will become too slow, and it will affect my motivation to finish writing it! However, I can always imply that Cuh-laire got implants back in China, and based on the MSS believing the American public preferred buxom women irrespective of race.
But then she responds to Samantha's morning query that was sent just before Sam got on the bus to school. About the "good boy" who's the protagonist of Sam's NaNo project, Expiry Date, and what to avoid. "Given the academic imperfections you gave your MC, I'd say don't make him apply to Ivies or equivalent"
As soon as Anna finishes writing her chapter 4, which is promptly posted to Wattpad, she finally reads Rania's NaNo blurb and story for this year, Gruesome IRGC, on the platform. Which is a hybrid of a horror story and a war story, in that it takes place during the Iran-Iraq war and the villain is Iranian, with its victims being Iraqi, but doesn't actually happen anywhere near the frontlines. About the daily life of Iraqis during the Iran-Iraq war, Anna is essentially clueless, except for what happens to the people who survive what Rania plans to have her characters endure. She knew it mostly for Iraqi war crimes, the War of the Cities and how religious tensions in Khuzestan were part of what sparked it. "If you have anything to ask me, I believe I could be of help only as it relates to PTSD and its treatment" Anna tells Rania on a Discord DM.
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Cliche Manifest
HumorAnna, a psychologist working with gifted youth and other high achievers, takes to writing indie literature since she was disillusioned with what she managed to read. She decides to enter NaNoWriMo for the first time in her life. But little did she k...
