NaNoWriMo Burnout
Faithful reader(s) may have noticed my lack of attention toward National Novel Writing Month, a gimmicky movement whose members pledge to write 50,000 words in November. I tried it last year, but quickly abandoned the task after realizing the sad truth behind it: these 50,000 words will suck.
Yes, I know the entire purpose is to silence the internal editor, but why not spend November trying to write something worth reading? I’d rather have a decent essay than an unsalvageable novel.
December 2nd, 2006 at 2:31 pm
End of NaNoWriMo…
NaNoWriMo wrapped up, of course, on November 30. How’d I do? I wound up with a word count of 48,459. Not the goal of NaNoWriMo, I know. But, it satisfies me that with an outline, and setting aside a few hours a night for writing 5 out of 7 da…