Hey all. Well... Nano didn't quite work out for me this year. I have a lot going on so that may be why but I'm not motivated. Next Monday my manuscript goes to my fabulous editor, Danielle so I want to get that cleaned up as much as possible before then.
On Nov 22nd, I have The Curse of Betrayal's cover reveal and with school, I'm just pooped. I'm done with nano for the year. Over it! But I still want to hear all of your progress. I love nano and it's has been good to me before but this year, not so much. Maybe in a week or two I'll come back but to be honest, I can make nano any time of the year.
I like that nano is this great organization and there's prizes and competitions and winners goodies and what not but I feel like we should be doing it not to bang out this amazing word count but more to bang out this amazing piece of writing.
I'm not bashing nano. But I kind of am...
The more I converse with people in nano the more I disagree with it. People are getting frustrated, annoyed and burnt out. That's not what writing is ABOUT! I like nano for the community but not for what it makes people feel.
It's an overwhelming feeling having this 50,000 words loom over your head. I get it. But it doesn't have to be like that.
I wrote my second novel in under a month but it wasn't during nano. It wasn't some big thing. I just put everything I had into my novel and it ended up happening very fast. I think it all depends on your mindset at the time. If you go into nano just for the experience and to have a good time, do it- DO IT!
But I went in this time wanting to get the 50,000, writing another book while working on my two other WIP's. I had these unrealistic expectations that I just couldn't' live up to. Well... I guess I could but I wouldn't be having time to blog or read or do really much of anything. That's not how I feel like living.
So call me a quitter or whatever but I don't need nano in my life this year. Sadly, becuase i love being on the forums and communities. And I love talking to you all about it (which I totally am still going to do) but I can't. I simply can't.
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On a lighter note, I have an event on goodreads for my cover reveal so click yes and join in on the happy day. November 22nd! LINK HERE!
Later, nanoers and friends.
Taylor, I'm with you on this.
ReplyDeleteI said on my blog that Im not going to do Nano again because people are flipping out. Seriously. What is going on? I never thought it would be like this. Writing should not be so stressful. I wrote my last novel in about 6 weeks, and it was 90,000 words, and it was in March. So no, Nano doesn't have to be a huge thing.
Glad I'm not the only one.