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Short Post: Next month, I will be participating NaNoWriMo [National Novel Writing Month] which occurs every November.
I found out about NaNo last year - at the time, it was too late to enter the competition.
As mentioned in earlier posts, a lot of the prep work for my novel has been completed, so I am excited to be a participant this November! Whoot!
Personally, I feel as though it would be a great time for me to get on board and get going. Again.
Round 2: Let's hope I save my work correctly. I'm still mildly pissed about that, guys.
Their tag: "The World Needs Your Novel".
Yes. Yes, it does.
I'll be participating with fellow writers online [forums] and in person [local meetups]. Believe you, me: I need all of the encouragement and support I can get.
The commitment is to write 50,000 words in 30 days -- I'm trying to be realistic with myself. That ain't happenin'. I do, however, want to dedicate time every day in November to write something. Anything. Even a paragraph, a couple sentences? [Some days are really rough, ya'll!]
It is important to me to stick it out this month and concentrate on completing my goal.
I think I can do that. I know I can do that.
I have an inkling that I'm a morning writer -- we're going to try and see. Test a few things. Set the clock back to 5am and pound it out, M-F.
Saturday & Sunday? I've got all day baby. Perhaps, I'll give NaNo updates throughout the month?
[Rolls eyes].
I'll try. Stay with me. I'm working on it! I can barely make it to the gym every week!
This competition also gives me the chance to practice the enforcement of the word: "NO".
[I'm bad at that].
My people already know what the deal is: sorry girls / guys / whomever -- if I haven't completed my daily writing goals, the answer to you is a hard, "no".
Nope - sorry, can't do a movie tonight.
Or happy hour.
Or dinner. Or parties.
Focus.
I've had a lot of "life events" happen lately that are going to be my impetus to write -- I've got to shift the energy from "that" to this.
It's difficult, but I have to get it out and work through...whatever it is that I need to work through.
I've never been good at verbally expressing anything. Ever. It will come out on the computer screen.
Sigh.
I'm hoping this will be cathartic in some respect.
A lot of tears will be shed -- I can already feel it coming.
Oh. God.
Oh. Well.
Sigh.
I'll be so proud of myself if I am able to follow through.
Are you up for the challenge?
I am.
Mood Music: Isle of the Dead - Sergei Rachmaninov
[In the spirit of Halloween!]