NaNo Update: The Whinging Edition
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizvogelI fought my way back to par; go me. And I have a generous string of little gold stars for making quota each day.
Writing every day doesn't generally work for me. I do a lot better with a couple of days on, then taking a day off to recharge. This was surprisingly a non-issue during the earlier parts of NaNo, but now it's really getting to me. I badly want a day off to kick back, relax, and feel good about the last bit I wrote -- which turned out very well indeed, I think -- with the reward for a job well done not being another job, at least not right now.
Instead, I am slogging along every day, this morning no exception. And Turkey Day is likely to be a low word-count day for me, so I'd really like to build up a little margin today. Which means more slogging.
On the other hand, 35,000 words and change so far. Which means only about 15,000 to go. It says something (not sure what) that I can look at 15,000 words and say "only".
In the TMI department, I had to go out and buy snack veggies (carrot sticks and two kinds of pea pods) the other day, or face serious internal rebellion. My standard project-muchie diet of Cheetos and M&Ms is normally fine, but projects requiring intensive munchies usually last a day or two, not 21 and counting. I've never been so glad to see a naturally-green food product in my life.
Also, I may have to burn the hoodie I keep by the computer, come December.
Writing every day doesn't generally work for me. I do a lot better with a couple of days on, then taking a day off to recharge. This was surprisingly a non-issue during the earlier parts of NaNo, but now it's really getting to me. I badly want a day off to kick back, relax, and feel good about the last bit I wrote -- which turned out very well indeed, I think -- with the reward for a job well done not being another job, at least not right now.
Instead, I am slogging along every day, this morning no exception. And Turkey Day is likely to be a low word-count day for me, so I'd really like to build up a little margin today. Which means more slogging.
On the other hand, 35,000 words and change so far. Which means only about 15,000 to go. It says something (not sure what) that I can look at 15,000 words and say "only".
In the TMI department, I had to go out and buy snack veggies (carrot sticks and two kinds of pea pods) the other day, or face serious internal rebellion. My standard project-muchie diet of Cheetos and M&Ms is normally fine, but projects requiring intensive munchies usually last a day or two, not 21 and counting. I've never been so glad to see a naturally-green food product in my life.
Also, I may have to burn the hoodie I keep by the computer, come December.
