Insecure Writer's Support Group is a blog hop hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh where totally insecure writers can get together and share the things that are making us go argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IWSG Question: Win or not, do you usually finish your NaNo project? Have any of them gone on to be published?
I think I’ve mentioned before in previous posts
that NaNo is just about the only time these days when I get any writing
done. I fact, I’m currently working to change that because I
obsessively write for a month only to burn out and not
write for months after. As a result, I always finish my NaNo projects.
In fact, I got in to NaNo and Camp NaNo with the express intention of
writing my next novel with a view of eventually publishing it.
This year I took leave of my senses and decided
that on top of NaNo I would also join a yearly writing challenge called
Get Your Words Out. This is a challenge done out of LiveJournal and
Dreamwidth in which participants pledge the amount
they’re going to write for the year. For some reason that I now cannot
remember, I chose to pledge the insane amount of 500k. At the moment I’m
sitting on about 300k words written. So I have another 200k to write
before 31 December
or I fail. Suffice to say,
my anxiety level is through the roof right now. I know I should cut
myself some slack but the thought of not winning really bugs me. Hence
the reason for the word obsession in this blog name. I just hope I don’t
burn out completely by doing this.
To all those participating in NaNo, good luck! See you all on the other side.
