FILL: Onward, Nanowrimo Writers! Neither sweat nor sleep nor... (260 words)

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Original posting Nov. 6, 2015

Day five, or maybe six? So 10,000 words or so socked out, and just another 40K to go?

You haven't got that far? Or maybe you've got more than that? The characters are disgusting, the plot is turning into spaghetti, and why did you ever start this, anyway?

KEEP GOING!

Whether you make the 50,000 word target or not, whether you like the way it all turns out or not, keep on writing. The trick here is that you're practicing, you are training yourself, for the marathons of writing. Sorry, but most novels aren't churned out in a day, nor do wonderful writers just sit down and suddenly start producing great works. Nope, this is a long distance marathon, where day after day, week after week, month after month, even... really? Yes, year after year! You sit down, you write, you revise, you work.

And Nanowrimo gives you a practice ground for doing that, along with some fine friends and support to help you keep on writing.

So. No matter how far you get, no matter how badly this project goes off the rails, no matter how the characters wail, the plot unravels and twists, the setting turns into mush and malarkey -- keep going. Write those words, fill that page, go on, you can do it!

"His vorpal blade went snicker-snack!" Lewis Carroll said, once upon a time.

Have you slain the jabberwock?

YAY!

Onward, Nanowrimowers. Refill those tanks, wipe the sweat out of your eyes, and keep wording.

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