NanoNano. . .?

[celtfiddler]

So, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, for short). I'm thinking about trying it again this year. For once, I don't *seem* to have anything majorly time-consuming on my plate that month, for the first time in three years, I'm only working one job, and a lot of the self-destructive/distractive behaviors that have kept me from

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[celtfiddler]

I'm not sure how they feel about non-fic. However, I think the exercise would be useful even if you were to do it on non-fiction projects.

[mary_mayhem]

IF you needed help getting in the writing habits because you don't really know HOW, I would think it was an excellent exercise.

IF you had a writing block and were having trouble getting your brain in the habit of creating stories, I would think it was a good tool.

If you have good story lines that need working on, I would think that directing the energy that would go into an exercise into your own work instead of something involving 75,000 writer wannabes would be a better use of your time.

[celtfiddler]

The only writing habit that's even remotely important is *writing*. All the rest is technique, which anyone with half a grain of diligence and self-awareness can gain through *writing

[mary_mayhem]

Are you more likely to be published by doing the NaNoWriMo exercise, then? Will it inspire you to the diligence that is needed?

[celtfiddler]

The biggest thing standing in my way is just getting words on the page, which is what NaNo is all about. In fact, the point of NaNo is just *exactly* that, the concept that producing work, even if it's not your best work, is better than not. Anything completed can be edited, but getting the story, raw and steaming, out of your head, is the most important step.

In other words, yes. I already know I *can* write at a publishable level. I already know that the ideas that I have are publishable ideas. I just need to kick the procrastination, fear of failure/success thing in the ass and get words on the page, and that's exactly what NaNo is all about.

(It will, however, greatly limit my availability the month of November.)

[dame_grise]

I'm doing it but everyone knows I am crazy. *winks*

I totally failed last year.

[celtfiddler]

I'm doing it but everyone knows I am crazy. *winks*

Well, at least you're in good company, right? Good luck this year. Is your NaNo project part of the old shared universe you were writing in from lo, those many years ago?

[dame_grise]

This time yes. I might as well go with what I know like the back of my hand. I am still not sure I should set it so far in the future of that world, but it seems fair to go with untrampled ground.

Though I could just build a story around someone who doesn't know the other people. I guess. Hmm... that might work too.