Let’s talk about NaNoWriMo.
For those of you who are not familiar with NaNoWriMo (or NaNo as I shall call it from this point on.) let me enlighten you.
NaNo takes place in November and it is a time when authors from all over the world join together in their fight for success.
The Goal : To write 50,000 words in 30 days.
Now being the aspiring author that I am, I thought to myself, “Self what better way to force your lesser half to make time for your writing and get those 50k words out.”
So I got my little notebook ready and made my little outline. I plotted and planned that last week in October and when November 1st rolled around, I hit the ground running. I started moving my little fingers at midnight and by the time I went to bed that evening I was feeling absurdly satisfied with my word count of just a couple thousand. I spent the next few days writing and offering positive reinforcement to my friends and writer pals who are partaking in this epic event as well.
I joined the NaNo chat forums and made all sorts of Nano buddies. I have tweeted my success and frustrations through the last fourteen days. I even went to the NaNo write - in’s at the local bookstore.
I put my life on hold and ceased all other projects, devoting my full attention to my NaNo project. I was dedicated and sure that if I put in the time I would reach my 50k and earn that self presented gold star. Time was but a small sacrifice for my work in progress, it was the least I could do for my sweet,sweet WIP.
GO TO HELL!
On this day, the 14th day of NaNo I say to thee WIP GO TO HELL!
I have reached the 22,077 word mark and at no small price. I have had to forego sleep many a time that I should have spent in slumber. I have forgotten meals and how to spell things like if and & the. My characters are incessantly banging away on the inside of my skull screaming to be let out. I have developed a split personality and sociopathic tendencies…oh, wait, maybe that’s not a new thing. Go ahead and disregard that last bit.
I have become worse than an addict. Feining for just one more word, because every word brings me closer to that 50,000. I check my NaNo stats obsessively, so obsessively in fact that when I close my eyes, this is what I see on the insides of my lids.
Avg per day-1,576
Words written today - 0
Target word count-50,000
Target Avg per day- 1,667
Total written-22,077
Words remaining-27,923
Days remaining-17
I have turned into a zombie “Just one more word….just one more” I plead.
I need help, I need a NaNo intervention. There must be some sort of NaNo group therapy out there that begins meeting in December. NaNoWriMo has taken my soul hostage and is inflicting word torture as we speak! I have begun to toss random words at the page and write things that should never see the paper at all.
As I write this for all of you I can’t help but wonder, How many words this would have added to my WIP? Answer: 627 words
This is day 14 off the NaNo apocalypse I will report back to you in one week. If you have not heard from me by then please, I beg you, go on without me. For if I am not here it means they have come for me. The words have taken me to a place far far away from here. From which I shall never return, Go now and Save yourselves!
** Also please note: I take no responsibility for the grammatical atrocities that may or may not take place in this post, as it is morning and NaNo has turned my brain into mashed turnip. that is all.**
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