Saturday, November 1st, 2008
NaNoWriMo
The National Novel Writing Month has begun, and this time I’m taking no prisoners.
Last year I had started off well, but right in the middle of the month I shit the bed. I didn’t give myself enough time, and I hadn’t committed to the story, which left me high and dry with two weeks remaining to complete the story. I had taken time off for the last week, but it made little sense to try and rush to finish it in a week of being locked in my home. I wanted to have a novel done, but the whole point of the exercise had been to cultivate consistency in my work; to commit to a schedule and keep it. Frantically trying to complete it last minute felt like junior high, when I tried to do my homework on the bus ride to school.
This year I’ve actually plotted some point prior to starting, which isn’t quite as good as building a full structure, but at the same time I don’t expect to get to the end of the month with a manuscript I intend to mail out to people; I just want a first draft that I can work from. I want to cultivate consistency.
I want to write.
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