Heh, it surprises me when actual writers, who have no trouble writing, debate doing NaNo or actually DO it. I think NaNo is primarily a way to make non-writers put up or shut up about "always wanting to write something."
So, naturally, I'm gonna give it another shot this year. And I imagine I will once again discover that writing is HARD and give up after 2,000 words.
Even actual writers find sometimes that writing is hard, as imnotandrei noted. A lot of my writerly friends seem to use it as an excuse to a) devote a *lot* of time to a certain project, and b) be social with a bunch of people who are doing the exact same thing.
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Date: 2005-10-12 03:03 pm (UTC)I will be working on a novels or novels in November, definitely, but not any more or less than I am all the rest of the year.
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Date: 2005-10-12 04:29 pm (UTC)So, naturally, I'm gonna give it another shot this year. And I imagine I will once again discover that writing is HARD and give up after 2,000 words.
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Date: 2005-10-12 04:34 pm (UTC)This is the critical sentence. I did it two years ago to "clean out the pipes", as it were, and start writing again. It has, to some extent, worked.
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Date: 2005-10-12 04:38 pm (UTC)But overall, it perplexes me, too.
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Date: 2005-10-12 05:27 pm (UTC)This year, doing it would probably cost me my job, my health, or my solid relationships, if not all three.