So I signed up for NaNoWriMo yesterday.
I survived - doing fine! - but as I was reading about the procedures and what I'm getting myself into and as it fully dawned on me that I am committing myself to write about 1,700 words a day (a good day for me is generally somewhere between 500-900 words) on an everchanging plot which I alternately love and hate my inner editor kicked up its heels and howled.
Now most of you are probably not acquainted with my inner editor (consider yourselves blessed) and I am, unfortunately, chained to it.
My...inner...editor...is...an...ogre.
It demands - no more than that - it expects perfection and settles for nothing less.
I don't know how I'm going to get through thirty days of ignoring that beast and always going forward without looking backward.
This is going to be tough.
Very, very tough.
Have you ever done NaNoWriMo before? This is my first year.
ReplyDeleteI think I left my inner editer out and it/she got thrown away... at least it's faraway now!
Nope. This is my first year too.
ReplyDeleteI think I am psyching myself out waaayyy too much at this point. :-P
- Jamie