NaNo musing

[eirenical]

OK. So, as I said, I'm not really doing NaNo because a) who has time? and b) I'm still afraid of burnout

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[zoicite]

I sort of did a baby-me version of this a few years back where I decided I was going to finish 3 of my WIPs by the end of the year and I did finish them and it felt good, so go you, I say! *pom poms*

[eirenical]

Thanks! ^_^ I'm hoping that by shifting the focus from word count to finishing things and just writing every day that it will help me to maintain drive through the month. Also, I just need to stop letting myself get lazy with my writing. I could devote an hour each day to it if I wanted. It doesn't have to be marathon, 4000 words in a sitting kind of writing. Even if it's only a few hundred words at a time, it will still add up. :) So, yay! Let's see how long I can keep it up!

(And I remember you doing that with the WIP finishing. I was very impressed. ^_^)

[zoicite]

Yeah, I feel like in this case, focusing on word count won't really mean anything. Who cares if you churn out 50k if it's words just for the sake of getting words down and you don't actually finish anything that you have on your plate, right?

"4000 words in a sitting kind of writing"
at first I thought that was your definition of NOT marathon writing and I was like ......bwaahahahahahahhahaah. ;)

[eirenical]

Exactly! I feel like the focus on word count and on "winning" Nano forces a focus on quantity over quality. And I sit there and think... quantity is not my problem. I can do quantity. I've proved I can do quantity. And I can do quantity in short spans of time. Finishing what I start and being consistent in my ability to sit down and write, inspired or not, are my two major problems. So, that's what I'm going to focus on. *nodnod*

*laughs* No, that is my definition of marathon writing. I wrote all 12,000 words of "Where Do I Go?" in one day, but... yeah. Normally, I don't do that. ^_^