Nano!
I am not Nanowrimo'ing this year. I mean, it just wouldn't be fair to all of you n00bs out there, as I have won three times. I am the Miyagi of nano, and you are the Ralph Macchio. It is now my time to don the tattered Yoda robe and shake my head as you fail to raise the X-wing fighter of prose from the muck. Wait, that's a mixed metaphor. Whatever. Here is what I know:
- You must write 1,666 words a day and you must write them in the morning.
- You cannot edit. You can't even re-read anything.
- Do not skip a day, even when you have a bunch of drunk relatives over at your house on Thanksgiving, playing Cranium. This bears repeating. Do not skip a day. You're going to think you are good enough to make up a missed day, but a missed day guarantees that you will fail, unless you are, well, see the next bullet.
- Don't read the forums on nanowrimo.org, they will only make you realize that all of your fellow nano writers are homeschooled 13 year old hacks obsessed with sci-fi/fantasy who end up hitting 100,000 word counts after 10 days because their parents do not let them watch TV, associate with other children, or leave the house.
posted by Strikethru at
9:48 PM
3 Comments:
Yeah, considering I'm running around a year between blog entries, Nanowrimo would crush me like a bug.
I admire your stamina, commitment, and free time.
BTW, if it was really "Nano" they'd force you to write it on the head of a pin (dancing angels be damned).
I actually did write all three of my novels on the head of a pin. Did I fail to mention that?
I no longer have free time. Thus endeth nano.
Nano lives... for those of you unfamiliar with the rules heed this: Quality is not an option. working at a small rapidly failing company with a 1-year old in the house is no environment in which to compose a great novel. I'm at 2275 words so far. is that close enough?
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