Let the bum-in-chair-athon begin!
Posted: November 1, 2012 Filed under: Me, Writing process 8 Comments »It’s November, darlings! Anyone doing NaNo this year? If you want to buddy me, I’m “amyunbounded”.
I’m only sort of NaNo-ing, though. To be perfectly honest, I’m cheating most egregiously. I’m not really counting words, because I’m revising and I CAN’T. I’m logging hours spent, only I have to convert them into words (through an algorithm of my own devising) or the graph won’t graph it properly. If I work for the (arbitrary) number of hours I’ve set for myself, I credit myself as having made par on the word count. Today I worked longer than my goal. Woo Hoo.
I am, as always, in it for the camaraderie and whining. Also, a little public accountability is nice. Also, also: keeping track of how much I work helps me see that I really am working, even on days when it feels like I got nothing done. Which is distressingly often.
And look, I exceeded my goal AND there’s time left over to blog and go to the store! OK, so I got started ridiculously early because I have a cold and couldn’t sleep, but still! It feels good to be off to a roaring start!
Anyway. Camaraderie! Whining! Who’s writing this month?
I’m doing #acwrimo and #digiwrimo — so not quite the same thing, but awfully similar. Can we still be buddies?
You are always my buddy, Paige!
I am! (Lurking fan) I’m doing NaNo this year, though I’m also doing it slightly different than strictly according to the rules. Looking forward to more accountability and camaraderie
I’m doing NaNo this year. It’s my third year and I’m so excited. I should really get back to writing…
I signed up a day late and this is my first WriMo. I’m treating it as a writing exercise, so I’m writing something completely different from my usual epic-y/alt universe stuff. I know I’m not supposed to edit, but I don’t see how I’ll manage that.
Will you buddy me back? –> strange_ambitions
See ya around the forums!
Will do!
NaNo?
Is this some sort of chemical formula?
I gather it has something to do with writing, but that’s about it.
As to whether I’m writing:
I’m not writing for this but I am busy writing fanfiction, exams and {revising} {refining} editing an original piece I’ve been working on for almost a year now.
Do you publish your fanfic anywhere, Jarryd?