On the 1st November, instead of attacking the blank page and starting this ruthless challenge of writing 50,000 in a month, I finished my last two exams papers and ended up sleeping. It was only yesterday that I started to write, and my NaNo statistics are well below the expected word count… for the time being.
Are you in the same situation?
Don’t be discouraged. It is not the end of the world. And neither the end of NaNoWriMo.
We still have like 27 or more days (depending on the time zone) and I believe that we can all catch up. I’ve done NaNo last year and did Camp NaNoWriMo in August this year, and in both cases, there have been days when I had a sudden wave of inspiration and wrote a lot, while on other days, I was very lazy. But in the end, I won both.
This month will not be a stable and easy one. For us, writers, it will be challenging, tiring but also very inspiring, motivating.
Don’t look back and linger on the words you didn’t write, but think of the words you will write in the next few weeks. It’s never too late, especially not when we have just barely started.
Keep such a positive attitude is the key. Think positive! (I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, and how every day I struggle to live up to this principle.)
Don’t panic. Please. I quote my Sociology teacher while he was invigilating the examination room: “Take a deep breath. And work like it’s the easiest paper on earth.”
That’s what we have to do for NaNoWriMo. Don’t stress or freak out. Just breathe and… write! Write!
It’s our passion, writing, right? So let’s do this! Together!
Good luck to all the NaNoWriMo participants. I know that we have a long journey ahead.
An Evil Nymph.
PS: For this NaNoWriMo, my story is based on… Arthurian legends! Oh yes I’m so excited! I’ve always wanted to write Arthurian fiction, and now I have a plot, characters and all… which I’ve had since the beginning of the year in fact. Yep, I kept it all for this November.
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I actually did prep before, and have made a good start this year. completely opposite to last year. Good luck in your task, I am pretty confident you will do it…;)
Wow that’s great! Keep it up then 🙂 Thanks!
Wow!
Good luck for your NaNoWrimo!
Thank you 🙂
Every year i am woefully unprepared (okay I forgot again and now have no ideas to put down), I will write a book one day though. Good luck with yours. I love Arthurian stuff. Muchos excited.
That’s all right, don’t worry, if it’s your passion so you will surely write a novel one day! Just believe in yourself 🙂 Thanks!
Well, we had the hurricane and no power… not to worry we will catch up. 😉
Thank you for checking in during the Hurricane… your kind wishes were appreciated!
Oh I see… Hope everything’s all right! You’re welcome!
Love you enthusiasm and postive outlook. I did have some tough times this year but I chose to celebrate what is fun and exciting. Anything that makes me happy when I could have otherwise been depressed. There’s always something that will try to put us down but we should fight to overcome them.
Aww thank you! Yes this is true. Much better to stay positive 🙂
Reblogged this on mokauthor and commented:
so lucky, i am starting mine today and I already feel spent
Thanks for the reblog! Don’t be discouraged, and good luck!
hahahahaha Don’t Panic girl!!!!!!!! Go for it! 😀 😀 😀
Exactly what I’m doing 🙂
Great advice! This is my first nano and I’m already 3000 words behind, but determined to make them up.
Thanks! I’m sure you’ll make it 🙂