Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Self-inflicted Deadlines for The Masses

Well, I've done something outrageous--truly, truly, truly outrageous.

Like legions of crammers, procrastinators, and dreamers before me, I've registered for NaNoWriMo.

NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is just what it sounds like--a group of crazy writers linked by a series of tubes attempting to write 50,000-word novels in 30 days. My writing style gels well with NaNoWriMo, as I am a binge-and-purge kind of writer.

Aside from providing me with extra guilt for the non-writing moments of my life, NaNoWriMo provides all kinds of glorious wonderfulness:
  • The NaNoWriMo site boasts a procrastination station. Having to search for my own diversions is time-consuming, so this is handy.
  • Freedom to genre jump. I know most of you take zero issue with genre jumping. When I wrote about the ties that bind me to one genre, many of you commented that you have no genre loyalty. That got me feeling adventurous, so I may try writing a middle grade novel or some hardcore dark YA during NaNoWriMo.
  • My Betas joined too. Writing is more fun with those ladies around.
In the spirit of Booknapped, I read over the NaNoWriMo site this morning and found this gem:

"Win or lose, you rock for even trying."

Nice words to write by, no? Are you joining NaNoWriMo? How come? Got any tips for a newb?
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5 comments:

  1. MeganRebekahOctober 13, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    I am still a little nervous for Nano. I have no idea where I'll be with Anomaly (still needing the words, or ready to edit) and what exactly I'll be writing. Plus I'll be gone for about 1/3 of the month.

    But oh well, let's do it. Bring on the torture!

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  2. Kristi FaithOctober 13, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    This will be my first time too and I am nervous. I've been 'practicing' this month and it's hard! LOL Of course, it's always hard with kids, husband and that darn world outside of writing. :)

    I'm pretty excited about it though. I blogged about it at the beginning of this month at my blog. http://kristifaith.blogspot.com/2009/09/kristis-october-warm-up-for-nano-month.html

    Good Luck and as Megan says, Let's DO IT! Bring on the torture.

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  3. NatalieOctober 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Yep. It will be fun. I'm excited to see what you girls write!!!

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  4. Michelle D. ArgyleOctober 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    GOOD LUCK! It's so much fun. :)

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  5. kahOctober 14, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    My first time. You know you'll be reading whatever I write. You poor thing you.

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