Prepping for NaNoWriMo 2008

Like last year I think I'm going to write at least in part about my mom as part of NaNoWriMo.

In 2006 I wrote a fantasy where I was able to jump into different parts of my mom's life, but i didn't finish it.

In 2007 I wrote kind of a "young adult" novel which was inspired by Pat Murphy and Ellen Klages, basically writing about myself and the experiences with my mom getting sick, but revising my teacher for gifted and talented class to be actually cool, and to be actually an amalgam of all these awesome mentor women that I wish I knew when I was growing up in North Dakota.

I actually did know some of them (Mrs. Langemo, Eileen Maresh, etc) but couldn't really connect with them.
Anyway - now I'm going to write I think about a character who is like my mom, but never had kids, and who either actually does become a doctor as a young woman, or who returns to medical school as a 2nd career (after being a med tech first).

This should be a great option for large descriptive passages about the med school experience and what it's like for someone who's not the same age as the other students. Lots of material for 50,000 words.