Post 2.... In the same night!

Ok, normally I wouldn't post twice in one day, but I had to.

My friend introduced me to this site- NaNoWriMo. I'd never heard of it, and asked her to tell me more!!

It is National Novel Writing Month. People sign up, and from November 1st to November 30th, put out a 50,000 word novel. Sounds rather daunting, no? I think so. But at the same time, I am so excited by this opportunity!!

In the "About" section of the NaNoWriMo website, they say that having to write so much in such a limited amount of time makes writers take risks. They can't afford to pore over the little details. They have to just shove out as much as they can. Which is a great idea!! I know for myself, that's where I get stuck. The little details that I can't seem to let go of, but know I really need to.

I am using this as an opportunity to try and work past that perfectionist quality so that I can actually finish a whole 50,000 words. It's going to be hard, I know that going in. But I believe in myself- I can make it happen!!

"Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star."
~Willis Reed

So, this has turned out to be a bit of a failed project. But since I never like to leave things undone, I figured I would at least try to give it another go. I have written a few things here and there, but a large catastrophe rather threw a wrench in the works. The story I worked on for years ground to a halt. Not because of the story... but because of this (rather smart) piece of advice. My friend was reading it and told me- "This is a good story, but no matter how much you revise it, since you wrote it when you were 13, it sounds like you wrote it when you were 13." Which obviously it did. I just didn't want to admit it, since that meant starting over.

I finally gave in and tried to start over, but only made it about six pages in before fizzling out. Then I got my tonsils out, then I moved into my first apartment, then I started my second year of college. None of which are good excuses for not writing... but maybe make it at least a little easier to understand why writing got pushed to the back burner.

Even now I don't find myself with very much free time. However this is important to me, so I am, once again, breathing life into my books.

Wish me luck on my journey!

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream."
~C. S. Lewis