Nano: Testing, testing... (320 words)
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writercises Original Posting Nov. 10, 2018
Drat. Got busy on other things, and forgot to kick things here on the list. But if you have been busy on your writing for NaNoWriMo, keep going! We’re about on day 10, which means if you are aiming at that 50k words in 30 days, you should be about a third of the way there? So... somewhere between 16 and 17 thousand words? (Yeah, I know, 16,666.66666 and keep going words, but... I don’t think we need to worry about the two-thirds of a word.)
Anyway. Keep writing. Keep those words flowing. Which really means keep those scenes coming, the characters dancing, the action floating. Heck, as one of the old pulp writers advised, bring in a guy with a gun, it always makes things jump.
Now, some of you may not be playing along, or maybe you don’t think you are going to make 50,000 words, so you are quitting? Well, actually, if you tried, you are already a winner! See, the real point here is to affirm that you want to write, that you are a writer, not necessarily to hit the target this year. Admittedly, it’s better to keep going, to push for it, and see what happens, but...
Nanowrimo is kind of about testing yourself, about checking your own willingness to get on the keyboard (or paper, mic, whatever) and let the writing go! Along with all the pieces that go into that, pulling outlines, mindmaps, or whatever out to help you. And while there is an official target and all that, the real goal is for you, to see whether this approach to writing works for you. So...
Stop and take a deep breath. Think about what Nanowrimo 2018 means for you, and what you have done so far, and what you want to do with the next two-thirds.
Then write a few more words, for the fun of it!
Drat. Got busy on other things, and forgot to kick things here on the list. But if you have been busy on your writing for NaNoWriMo, keep going! We’re about on day 10, which means if you are aiming at that 50k words in 30 days, you should be about a third of the way there? So... somewhere between 16 and 17 thousand words? (Yeah, I know, 16,666.66666 and keep going words, but... I don’t think we need to worry about the two-thirds of a word.)
Anyway. Keep writing. Keep those words flowing. Which really means keep those scenes coming, the characters dancing, the action floating. Heck, as one of the old pulp writers advised, bring in a guy with a gun, it always makes things jump.
Now, some of you may not be playing along, or maybe you don’t think you are going to make 50,000 words, so you are quitting? Well, actually, if you tried, you are already a winner! See, the real point here is to affirm that you want to write, that you are a writer, not necessarily to hit the target this year. Admittedly, it’s better to keep going, to push for it, and see what happens, but...
Nanowrimo is kind of about testing yourself, about checking your own willingness to get on the keyboard (or paper, mic, whatever) and let the writing go! Along with all the pieces that go into that, pulling outlines, mindmaps, or whatever out to help you. And while there is an official target and all that, the real goal is for you, to see whether this approach to writing works for you. So...
Stop and take a deep breath. Think about what Nanowrimo 2018 means for you, and what you have done so far, and what you want to do with the next two-thirds.
Then write a few more words, for the fun of it!