Know what's difficult? NaNoing on my own when I have gotten very used to NaNoing with a lovely group of support and competition for the past few years. There have been a couple meet-ups here in Tokyo, but I've been unable to make it to them, and it's really difficult to find the motivation without the goal of showing up at a couple meetings a week and having the most words.
Other things that have made it difficult:
- Starting the month off with a holiday in Kansai, making it difficult to start writing immediately.
- Coming back from my holiday and being super tired and, therefore, not wanting to get up in the mornings before work to get some writing done.
- Being busy at work and, therefore, being too tired to stay up late writing when I get home from work.
- Having plans, like, every weekend in November.
But I'm trying my best. I may be way behind, but I think I know where I want to go with it, which does help in inspiring me to make more time for writing.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
overdue
So I didn't end up posting at all about NaNo here while I was actually doing it. Oops. Better late than never, I guess?
It was definitely a challenge this year. For the first time in some years, it took me the entire month to finish. There were a lot of days where the words did not want to come. I really thought there was a possibility I might not finish. And my laptop was having problems, which certainly did not help. Luckily it waited until after I was done before it completely died (really just a couple hours after I finished the novel).
But I ended up liking this year's novel much more than I liked the crap I wrote last year. And don't get me wrong - this year's was crap as well. But it was crap that is not really painful to reread. It was about vampires. It was completely stupid, but in an I-am-writing-just-the-sort-of-lame-thing-I-secretly-like-to-read-but-would-never-admit-to-writing way.
I shouldn't have been ML again though. It had its moments of fun, but I really just didn't have the time to do a good job at it, and I pretty much fell apart at the end. Not the best way to end my last year of ML-ing (definitely last, as I'm going to be living in Japan when it's time for NaNo again and am not sure I'll even have time/energy/motivation to participate at all, let alone be in charge of anything).
So, a belated hurray for my 7th straight win. I'm glad I made it and, even with all the problems I had this year, I am glad that I decided to participate again.
It was definitely a challenge this year. For the first time in some years, it took me the entire month to finish. There were a lot of days where the words did not want to come. I really thought there was a possibility I might not finish. And my laptop was having problems, which certainly did not help. Luckily it waited until after I was done before it completely died (really just a couple hours after I finished the novel).
But I ended up liking this year's novel much more than I liked the crap I wrote last year. And don't get me wrong - this year's was crap as well. But it was crap that is not really painful to reread. It was about vampires. It was completely stupid, but in an I-am-writing-just-the-sort-of-lame-thing-I-secretly-like-to-read-but-would-never-admit-to-writing way.
I shouldn't have been ML again though. It had its moments of fun, but I really just didn't have the time to do a good job at it, and I pretty much fell apart at the end. Not the best way to end my last year of ML-ing (definitely last, as I'm going to be living in Japan when it's time for NaNo again and am not sure I'll even have time/energy/motivation to participate at all, let alone be in charge of anything).
So, a belated hurray for my 7th straight win. I'm glad I made it and, even with all the problems I had this year, I am glad that I decided to participate again.
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