No NaNo
This year I decided to try NaNo, because I'd been interested for a while. The challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month is a good one. Especially since one of the things with NaNo is to turn off the self-editor (one of my biggest problems) and just write.
Unforunately, I'm having to admit defeat. Three weeks into NaNo, I've written just over 11,000 words. Not bad, but quite short of the overall goal. It's just bad timing, there's too much else going on in my life right now to really be able to sit down and write.
Also, I basically plucked an idea out of nowhere since one of the rules of NaNo is that it has to be something fresh and while it sorta intruigued me at the beginning, it's not something I'm really interested in writing. Which is a problem. If I'm not interested in what I'm writing, then I can't write it. It's that simple.
So, NaNo is a really interesting idea and I'll definitly try again next year, but this year it just isn't feasible. I have too much on my plate with school and not enough motiviation. Oh, well, at least I tried right?
2 Comments:
Hey, it's a worthy experiement. Nothing ventured nothing gained, right?
And btw, as for that guy Chris Baty that writes the newsletters- ignore him. That's guy's a dick for hoisting out the whole 'pat yourself on the back at the 35k mark' routine. It should be for fun and personal challenge, first and foremost.
Yeah, I have to admit the idea intrigued me, but I didn't even get off the ground, so kudos to you for getting to 11,000 words!!
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