NaNoWriNone

[lliira]

Last night, I realized I had gone nearly two weeks without writing. This does not happen -- while I've been writing less than normal the last couple months, three days without working on something is unusual. I looked over some old posts and Beroli reminded me that this happens every year. I think, "this year, I'll at least try to do NaNo!" Thereby ensuring I write nothing for weeks.

Now that there is no chance whatsoever that I can come anywhere near "winning" this thing, I can write again. Maybe I'll plan for this next year, take the first week or so of November off from writing. Because even if I say I'm not going to participate, I'm not even going to try, NaNo is still there, hamstringing every attempt I make to get words down. I know it helps a lot of people, but I am definitely not one of them.

Comments

[chocolatepot]

You need to do the opposite of NaNo! Concentrate on how you can't allow yourself to write for the whole month, and then watch the words flow.

[lliira]

Ya know, I'm perverse enough that it just might work.

But generally, I don't have too many problems getting words on paper these days, unless I'm thinking about getting words on paper instead of just telling the story. I hadn't written fiction for years (crippling perfectionism), then I decided to start again, and forced myself to write something every day but Sunday. Even if it was just a couple sentences. After about 6 months of that, getting stuff down started to feel natural. If someone else had told me I had to do that, though, it would not have worked.