Folks, it's that time of the year again. . .
It's fall and the crisp, cool air tends to go to my head and convinces me that I should try writing a novel in a month. In fact, it doesn't just convince me it's like the rush of fall and warm apple cider insist that I sit at a computer holding my head and talking to myself out loud. Wondering why I signed up for this again?!
The truth? I do my best work under deadlines or coercion. In school if I had a paper to write I would set out with the best intentions of outlining and then making notecards. I'd make them all pretty but most of the time I ended up using 0% of all of that hard work because I would stumble upon a topic that really got me going and then the day before I'd hammer out this paper that was 100x's better than my original idea and I'd spend the night proofing it and begging many people to give it read to make sure it didn't suck balls. Then, I'd get up in a sleepless haze and struggle to class to turn it in feeling like death and yet oddly triumphant and confident because I believed in that paper and it's topic.
This will be my third year attempting NaNoWriMo. Why do I keep trying? Honestly, I'm not sure. I suppose there is some little part of me that still wants to be a writer when she grows up. Who still wants to spin stories and make other young bookworms giddy with excitement when they read her book.
This year brings many changes; I'm older (25) but probably not wiser, I'm still in NY but life has a rhythm now unlike last year when all I felt was upheaval combined with failure. Also, I'm supposed to write consistently to prepare for the GRE written portion so I'm counting this a giant writing exercise.
Finally, I think I'm just a little crazy and some neurons got cross wired in my brain to make this sound like an excellent proposition every year! :-)
On that note, who else is feeling a little crazy and wants to spend November cranking out 50, 000 words? You know you want to!
As usual, you can find me writing and posting as BakerGirl if you decide to join up!
I won't be doing NaNoWriMo, although I still haven't decided regarding NaBloPoMo. I did it once, I think 2 year ago? Part of me still wants to do it, but things have been so crazy lately I'm not completely sure if I can make the commitment.
ReplyDeleteI'm planning on doing it!
ReplyDeleteHow funny - this is also my 3rd year attempting it. But I decided this is the year I succeed. I've stocked on herbal peppermint tea and some great background music.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
OMG this sounds awesome! Good for you for not giving up. Maybe next November I'll give it a shot!
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