Last year, you might recall my long winded post about NaNoWriMo, and how it wasn’t for me. When I wrote that, I had every intention of avoiding participating in NaNoWriMo again. Apparently, I lied to myself. This year, I’ve already began (albeit a bit delayed) writing, and I intend to finish, despite my extremely busy schedule. So what am I writing about? If you remember my short story, Envy, from last year’s A to Z challenge, and you enjoyed it, then you might be happy to hear that I am finally penning that character’s entire story. With that said, good [...]
NaNoWriMo and Why My Love For It Has Changed
A few years ago, I did NaNoWriMo for the first time and I failed. The following year, I succeeded. However, after losing the manuscript, I opted out of doing it for a year or two and then, this year, I decided, “Hey, what the hell. May as well give it another shot.” This time around, I’ve realized I absolutely loathe National Novel Writing Month. It’s a great idea, certainly, and for some it is an amazing thing to take part in. It’s just not my thing anymore, unfortunately. For some, a sprinted draft yields a product that they can easily mold to [...]
NaNoWriMo is coming up soon! Can’t wait. :D
So, I’ve neglected my craft lately. Okay, neglected might be a bit of an understatement. Either way, I’m ashamed of myself. There’s only one way to fix that though, and that is to, once again, pick up the pen. Or, in this case, open up the word processor. We were on the subject of writing daily in my Creative Writing Course and NaNoWriMo was brought up (also, it was tweeted and, as little as I’ve been on Twitter lately, I do still check in). I’m definitely going to make another attempt at it this year. I’ve succeeded in the past, [...]
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