I must have been beaten with a crazy stick…..
Nov 9th, 2007 by pixieworx
Well, as if I didn’t already have enough crushing deadlines to make as it is, I just took the plunge and decided to add one more thing to my plate. www.NaNoWriMo.org. National Novel Writing Month is held for the month of November and it’s all about cramming a novel output of 50,000 words into a month or less. It’s also all about taking perfectionism out of the picture. Quanitity, not quality. There’s plenty of time for editing later. Stop talking, get off your seat and JUST DO IT!
It’s not like I really believe I’ll make it to 50,000 words by November 30th. I don’t even have a full month to accomplish this, like everyone else who prepared for this event/sprint all year! (I can just imagine all these writing enthusiasts who’ve been training all year for this: getting their daily routines ready, menus planned for the entire month, freezer full of food packed tight, coffee stores are bursting at the seams, night lights - check, stack of pens and note pads by the bed - check, babysitting with Grandma set up - all ready to make it to the finish line this year! Ha!) But it’s fun to try and just weird enough to call it me. My life has plenty of fodder, so it should be a great outlet for all this stress and work I’m pushing myself through right now.
Besides, I miss all my writing. This could be an opportunity to take one more step back towards freelancing. Life is all about being bold and daring to do something that’s sometimes not so comfortable in order to learn or experience something new.
Well, so that’s all great for philosophy and such, but let’s see how far I get!