I know, every year I do it and every year I fail. I think the last time I did it I got about three days of writing before I stopped.
But this year I'm going to complete it and for entirely different reasons that before.
1. I'm not writing a romance novel. I love romance and love reading romance but it's not what I ever planned on writing. And it's not my first love. I love general fiction and that's what I'm writing. Just a story with no HEA but an interesting main character and a theme that intrigues me.
2. I'm not planning on writing 50,000 words. Nano is based on writing 1,667 words a day and at the end of the month you'll have written a 50,000 word novel. Except my intent is to aim for 80,000 words with this story. Not all written in the month of November. But as much of it as I can do. So I'm aiming higher.
3. My friends are doing it. Lea, Cheryl and Clark are signed up and what's better than nano-ing with friends? Completing nano with friends.
4. I need this. My life has changed so much in the past year and in the past month it's changed even more. I've become a caregiver to my family in a greater way than ever before. And this is how I plan on taking care of myself. I need to concentrate on doing this for me because I deserve the time and energy devoted to something I love.
5. I've been planning. I have an hour lunch daily and if I bring my laptop, that will equal a solid 45 minutes of writing and 15 minutes of eating. I can get up a half hour earlier every morning which will give me time also. I need to accept that I don't really do much writing at night because I'm tired after work and cooking and cleaning and need to zone more than I need to write. So I have to compensate for it in other places.
So Happy Nano-ing to everyone doing it this November. Remember: Write Or Die is killer successful at making word count appear (cause it deletes your words if you start slowing down). I think I'll be on Twitter this month for writing sprints and I'm always here and there on FB to sprint also.
Let's do this folks. A successful month to us all!
I'm so excited about this :) It is great when shared with friends and in a way that makes me want to try harder when the days I don't feel like writing appear. I feel I would let y'all down if I didn't so I push, even if at the end of it all I barely get out 500 words. They all count and then on the days I do more than 2k, well, it all balances out in the end.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see your new idea Lori, it sounds intriguing. Good luck to Cheryl and Clark too. As you say, better with friends. Let's do this.
ANd on that note, the day is all but half over and I have yet to put my fingers on the keys, other than to type this. Can I count this post as word count?
Bahahaha
GOOD LUCK!! xxx
You know I'm sitting here on the sidelines, cheering you on--on all fronts.
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