Next NaNoWriMo Compitition

It's almost November and the next NaNoWriMo competition. I love this competition because it challenges my creative abilities. I am not sure if I will win this year, since I am also trying to get another book ready for release and finishing my final semester of school, but I will try. I have been thinking about a lake or a large body of water. I've been doing research on water myths and legends for ways to expand on this idea. Not much there for me at this time, but I will continue looking. To jazz it up, I may place a run away or hermit person in the story. Oh wait! How about an escaped prisoner to bring excitement to the page? Sounds intriguing already! Then again, I could always go with a person teaching a group of people, like Jesus did with the sermon on the mount. I don't know what I will do yet, but I do have the picture of a shoreline in my mind that I can't seem to shake. Any research done prior usually has a boomerang affect on my writing, si...