It's days like today I miss having a LJ client, but damned if I'm motivated enough to download one.
So apparently the NaNo guys are now doing Camp NaNoWriMo, which is NaNo but in July or August (depending on which month you commit to -- or both, I'm sure). This is kind of awesome, as I don't work near as much now as I did back in November. Oh god no. (Have I ever told you guys how awesome work is, now that the jerkbag, pathetic excuse of a general manager is gone? BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME. :D)
So today, on the fly, I was like "I'M GONNA WRITE FOR THIS CAMP NANO BECAUSE YAAAAY WRITING!" I have some backstory I'd love to actually write. I say this about pretty much every NaNo since #3 (which still sucks and hasn't been finished yet -- and doesn't have the excuse of #2 in that it's a HUGE FUCKING PROJECT OMG).
I find that NaNo is a great time to actually get writing done. You see, I write during the year, but how much, it's hard to gauge. It depends on a lot of things: how much I work, if I want to do other things, if I'm motivated to write that certain story. I tend to find that these days, I write most during break in a notebook, which I then transfer into the proper writing files on my computer. Some weeks, I don't write anything (but might read back a lot); some weeks, I have more spare time off the clock and I get several chapters written.
November, though, that's when the real stuff gets done. Admittedly due to the nature of NaNo (that technically it's supposed to be a new novel and not something you've already started) it means I have more unfinished projects, but it's still nice to have something new to look at when I get bored. It's the atmosphere that gets me. Being able to update a shiny wordcount bar! In theory, networking with other people doing the same thing! (In theory -- I don't visit the NaNo forums.) Throwing down cheeky_duckie in the NANODOME! It gets me motivated to write the 50,000+ I've done every November since 2007. I don't have that same kind of motivation the rest of the year, because after November, I go back into writing in complete and utter isolation. Let me tell you, considering that I'm the only person I'm writing for, it's a miracle anything ever gets written. :p
So, I think this month is a good month to start a new project. It'll get me warmed up for November, anyway. I have a new computer (a laptop!) and new word processing software (OpenOffice). I haven't done too much heavy writing with it so far, so it'll be a good opportunity to see how it really holds up to the longer sessions.
In a few days, assuming I can actually get the ball rolling on this (I am so procrastinating right now), I'll start updating LJ about my writing progress. It's all it's good for anymore. :D
Aaaand this is 517 words I could've had written for my Camp NaNo projects. PROCRASTINATION IS AWESOME!
So today, on the fly, I was like "I'M GONNA WRITE FOR THIS CAMP NANO BECAUSE YAAAAY WRITING!" I have some backstory I'd love to actually write. I say this about pretty much every NaNo since #3 (which still sucks and hasn't been finished yet -- and doesn't have the excuse of #2 in that it's a HUGE FUCKING PROJECT OMG).
I find that NaNo is a great time to actually get writing done. You see, I write during the year, but how much, it's hard to gauge. It depends on a lot of things: how much I work, if I want to do other things, if I'm motivated to write that certain story. I tend to find that these days, I write most during break in a notebook, which I then transfer into the proper writing files on my computer. Some weeks, I don't write anything (but might read back a lot); some weeks, I have more spare time off the clock and I get several chapters written.
November, though, that's when the real stuff gets done. Admittedly due to the nature of NaNo (that technically it's supposed to be a new novel and not something you've already started) it means I have more unfinished projects, but it's still nice to have something new to look at when I get bored. It's the atmosphere that gets me. Being able to update a shiny wordcount bar! In theory, networking with other people doing the same thing! (In theory -- I don't visit the NaNo forums.) Throwing down cheeky_duckie in the NANODOME! It gets me motivated to write the 50,000+ I've done every November since 2007. I don't have that same kind of motivation the rest of the year, because after November, I go back into writing in complete and utter isolation. Let me tell you, considering that I'm the only person I'm writing for, it's a miracle anything ever gets written. :p
So, I think this month is a good month to start a new project. It'll get me warmed up for November, anyway. I have a new computer (a laptop!) and new word processing software (OpenOffice). I haven't done too much heavy writing with it so far, so it'll be a good opportunity to see how it really holds up to the longer sessions.
In a few days, assuming I can actually get the ball rolling on this (I am so procrastinating right now), I'll start updating LJ about my writing progress. It's all it's good for anymore. :D
Aaaand this is 517 words I could've had written for my Camp NaNo projects. PROCRASTINATION IS AWESOME!