november is only 1.5 months away: nanowrimo

This November I really want to do National Novel Writing Month. I think it'll help keep me indoors (save money), do something I've wanted to do for awhile (write a really awful book), and keep me from going crazy as it gets colder here. I know a few of you have participated in the past, so any hints on how I can prepare would be nice, as well as assistance along the way. I'm not going to be so loose as the nanowrimo rules dictate, where you just need to get 50,000 words and they don't want a lot of story mapping ahead of time. Therefore, I'm brainstorming some ideas right now. Unfortunately all my ideas end up sounding like a totally cliched hipster novel a la Douglas Coupland. So I'm sort of thinking, to avoid the pretentious level that I keep jutting into with my thoughts, that I'd make it a really dumb chick lit/romcom novel. Good idea? I THINK SO!

My thought was inspired by seeing a package in my apartment building's hallway for my nosy obese upstairs neighbor. It was a package of harlequin books! So my premise would be this: two people in an apartment building - one young social has a good job just can't find that "special someone" no matter how hard she tries! the other, middle aged muumuu wearing rosy the nosy neighbor type but damn she stuffs mad amounts of dong! Oh the foibels that could ensue! The cliches! The stereotypes of femininity, love, singledom, and weight! Think Jennifer Weiner meets that Devil Wears Prada author. And I could add some dirty sex scenes to make it really over the top.

And of course I'd only write in satin pajamas with bon bons and candles surrounding me.