Nanocalypse
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizvogelI was ahead on NaNo, almost two days ahead. Now I'm almost 4000 words behind. I have an incontrovertible excuse: my mother's in the hospital with a fractured pelvis. I could bail on NaNo now with no recriminations, and if anybody looked at me sideways for it, I'd happily punch them in the eye. But that said, I've won NaNo every time I've committed to it, and I really like being able to say that. I'm going to keep going if I can.
Every time I've done NaNo, I've learned something from it. The first time was simply to see if I could do it at all. I learned that I could, and that if I kept going after the initial word reservoir ran dry, I'd usually get a second wind, and another decent chunk of words out of it. I also used it as a test run to see if the life of a full-time writer would suit me as well as I thought; I was working 100% freelance at the time, and I was able to clear the boards and do nothing but write. Conclusion: yes, that life would suit me very well.
The second time, I learned how to write that much while working a regular job. Not a full-time one, granted; I was working at the hardware store then, usually about three days a week. But it was a physically exhausting and mentally tiring job with no time off, and I managed my 50K anyway. I think there were some other things going on then, too, though it escapes me atm what.
I'd wondered what I was going to learn this time. It may be that this NaNo's lesson is how to write through adversity. Which I've done before, certainly, but never at this volume. Even if I don't make the full 50,000, whatever I do end up with will be worth the effort... and I might just be able to pull it off. 4K behind sucks, but it's not insurmountable.
Must go write now.
Every time I've done NaNo, I've learned something from it. The first time was simply to see if I could do it at all. I learned that I could, and that if I kept going after the initial word reservoir ran dry, I'd usually get a second wind, and another decent chunk of words out of it. I also used it as a test run to see if the life of a full-time writer would suit me as well as I thought; I was working 100% freelance at the time, and I was able to clear the boards and do nothing but write. Conclusion: yes, that life would suit me very well.
The second time, I learned how to write that much while working a regular job. Not a full-time one, granted; I was working at the hardware store then, usually about three days a week. But it was a physically exhausting and mentally tiring job with no time off, and I managed my 50K anyway. I think there were some other things going on then, too, though it escapes me atm what.
I'd wondered what I was going to learn this time. It may be that this NaNo's lesson is how to write through adversity. Which I've done before, certainly, but never at this volume. Even if I don't make the full 50,000, whatever I do end up with will be worth the effort... and I might just be able to pull it off. 4K behind sucks, but it's not insurmountable.
Must go write now.
