November is National Novel Writing Month. A challenge to authors to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That’s only 1,667 words per day. No problem right? My usual minimum is 2K. Well, I signed up for NaNoWriMo, knowing I had no plot to work on, but I’m a pantser anyway, so I’ll just start typing, and see what comes up.
Well, I got about 1,200 words in before that idea fizzled. This makes five novels I’ve started, and not one of them is speaking to me. Last night, I started yet another. I remember someone once telling me that I always got too many things started, and never finished any. Maybe they were right.
On the other hand, there was a time when I had four novels going, and would write whichever called to me on that particular day. Not one of them was written quickly, but they all trudged ahead, and when I finally did concentrate on one, it didn’t take me as long to wrap it up. I’m hoping for the same outcome.
Maybe I should be more disciplined, but creativity doesn’t work very well with discipline.
Determination is my only motivator. I want to reach this goal, and I will, even if I have to write 10K a day during the last week. If you’re Nano’ing, add me as a buddy, (alanna coca) maybe you can keep me moving ahead instead of switching tracks mid-trip.
*gets out pom poms* GOOOO Alanna! Go, go Alanna! I think most people hit those bumps in the road. I hit them and I write nonfiction–sometimes you have a thesis in mind and it just does not seem very exciting. There is also my hawt gamer love story about the storm trooper guy that has fizzled a bit…Oh Oh and my were beaver porn.
Yeah. My problem now is reading. Maybe I should take a pool on how many books I can devour in two weeks. Shall we? You write and I read? You do 1K for every book I read?
I think that’s a great idea. We’d better make my quota 3k, since I’m so far behind. Thanks for the cheerleading, I’ll take all I can get!!