Day 12
Today is day 12 of Nanowrimo 2018 and I am significantly
behind on my word count and there are many reasons why.
1.
It is ridiculous to attempt to write an entire
novel in 30 days and this is my form of protest.
2.
Nanowrimo has totally failed to accommodate those
of us who suffer with undiagnosed OCD and think that the idea of writing without editing is a form of medieval torture.
3.
My kids were born and well hello…
4.
There is some really, really good TV on right
now, I mean what will happen to the survivors if they take Rick away and who the
hell is that women in the picture with Jack???
5.
I still have to work. I considered taking part
of November off work so I could really dig in but realized that as a wife and
mother I should probably reserve some vacation time for my family right?
6.
Sleep
7.
People keep talking to me. Most times I am okay
with that because generally I really like talking to my friends but then there are
my students who constantly have questions about the course that I’m teaching them
and well that just throws my entire day off.
8.
I have zero ideas. Everything has been thought
of before, everything has been written of before and I am stupid.
9.
Other people are intimidating. Have buddies they
say, keep each other accountable, it will help. Except I just spent two days
watching other people’s word count go up meanwhile mine has been moving at *Miranda Priestly voice* a glacial pace.
10.
I lack commitment. I mean I have been completely
committed to my husband so not completely but I am definitely struggling to
stay committed to this challenge.
So my friend Susan told me that failing Nanowrimo the first
time is a rite of pass… wait, no… a write
of passage (Ha!) and I should just be okay with that. Gee Susan thanks for the
boost! But I get it. Should I not reach the 50,000 word limit but instead
manage 30,000 or 40,000 words I could still consider that progress. On October
31st I had 0 words and now I have made a significant dent in my
novel. So maybe if I can just keep going I could still realize the ultimate
goal of writing my first full length novel, even if not by November 30th,
definitely before the year is through. So I am forging ahead, which means that Ms.
Let’s do this! from November 1st
has been replaced with the slightly less annoying Ms. Alright I guess we should keep going? So here’s to lessons in commitment and staying
the course. Wishing you a successful nano experience and hoping that you come
out of this feeling like a winner regardless of what the numbers say.
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