It's November! Which can only mean one thing: I'm doing NaNoWriMo. (Actually, it can mean a lot of other things, but I don't happen to be writing about any of those things right now, so I think it would be easier for all of us if we pretend my opener sentence(s) didn't suck.)
The point of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. They don't have to be good. No one expects you to produce quality fiction when your fingers have gone into turbo mode and you don't even know what you're writing about. I don't understand why people think this is such a difficult concept to grasp. You go and you write this many words. I mean, the hope is that those words aren't all "I am a bear made of poop", but if that's what you choose, go for it (although you will probably regret it, mostly because you'll start doubting that "bear" is an actual word).
Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. You know what that means? You can still hop on the bandwagon! ("You" being my grand total of two followers, so I'm not sure what I'm doing writing a pep talk here). Go. Start. Now.
So the question is: How did my first day go? Well, I planned to get to at least 2000 words (although once I passed the suggested 1667 it was difficult to stay motivated to keep going, despite the fact that I bribed myself with chocolate), and I did! I actually got to 2101 words! According to the NaNoWriMo website, I would now only have to write 1597 words a day to "finish" (pass 50,000) on time. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got chocolate to eat.
(So the real question is: Why am I writing a blog post after doing something that very likely will give me carpal tunnel in the near future? Because I feel extremely motivated right now, but I can't stand to think about my characters and their dusty faces. Or my homework, because that sucks too.)
The point of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. They don't have to be good. No one expects you to produce quality fiction when your fingers have gone into turbo mode and you don't even know what you're writing about. I don't understand why people think this is such a difficult concept to grasp. You go and you write this many words. I mean, the hope is that those words aren't all "I am a bear made of poop", but if that's what you choose, go for it (although you will probably regret it, mostly because you'll start doubting that "bear" is an actual word).
Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. You know what that means? You can still hop on the bandwagon! ("You" being my grand total of two followers, so I'm not sure what I'm doing writing a pep talk here). Go. Start. Now.
So the question is: How did my first day go? Well, I planned to get to at least 2000 words (although once I passed the suggested 1667 it was difficult to stay motivated to keep going, despite the fact that I bribed myself with chocolate), and I did! I actually got to 2101 words! According to the NaNoWriMo website, I would now only have to write 1597 words a day to "finish" (pass 50,000) on time. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got chocolate to eat.
(So the real question is: Why am I writing a blog post after doing something that very likely will give me carpal tunnel in the near future? Because I feel extremely motivated right now, but I can't stand to think about my characters and their dusty faces. Or my homework, because that sucks too.)
