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I really want to try NaNoWriMo this year, but the more I think about it, the more I think I don't have the time. Which is sort of ridiculous, since I never go out after I get home from work, but after sitting in front of a computer for 8.5 hours a day I really don't have the energy to crank out 1666 words, daily quota if you want to make the 50 000 word mark.

I may just try to write something every day and not officially participate this year. I started a fic and I'd rather not put it off for a month just so I can write something else. It'll be a good experiment I think. Will my fic take off if I'm constantly plonking away at it or will I end up writing crap because I have to write something? I remember the student paper at the university had an article about NaNoWriMo and writing an average of 1666 words per day. The guy found he started to write completely useless stuff just so he could make quota. I guess that's the challenge a NaNoWriMo writer faces. Quality vs quantity.

If only I didn't share an office with two other people. I could happily write away during work hours. :-D

Date: 2008-10-22 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] newnumber6.livejournal.com
I can understand the worries about 'just writing crap to meet the quota', and occasionally I feel it in my own writing, but nonetheless I don't consider it useless, compared to not writing at all. Even when you're writing material for the quota, often it's stuff that you can either revise later and turn into something not bad, or, even if you do want to throw it out later, it can help you overcome the psychological hurdle of getting from point A to B if, like me, you're a more linear writer who can't just skip ahead a chapter without writing your way there. If the crap at Chapter B gets your to write C, and C works, even if you have to completely throw out B and then later modify C to match, it can be well worth it.

Date: 2008-10-23 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] locker-monster.livejournal.com
I always feel like my stuff is crap, so it's not much of a change. ;-)

But yeah, just writing something gets you into the rhythm and at some point you do hit your stride. I've still got a few days more to think this over.

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