I've gotten generally good feedback on the idea of blogging about my NaNo journey, so for now, I'll do my best to post updates and discussions regularly. Yesterday, as I was only beginning my story, I realized the plot didn't interest me as much as it did only a week ago. Instead of completely giving up on the idea, I've decided to make it work. Everyone has a different NaNo planning method, and I like to have somewhat of a plan but mostly keep things loose and flexible. As I was telling my friend today (as I was convincing her to do NaNo haha), I don't look at my NaNo novel as a perfectly organized, fully developed story.
Instead, I like to see it as an opportunity to commit to growing my writing ability and discover my plot and dive deep into my characters AS I write. I seem to learn so much more about each of my characters and what the outcome of my story will be as I am writing, not before or afterwards. That's why I think many people fail; they expect to have a somewhat-perfect draft by the end of the month, but that's not truly likely. You may not even have a cohesive plot by the end of the month, but, at least to me, that's not what matters. What matters is that you found time each day this month to completely immerse yourself in your story and in your writing, and that's what being an author is about; not publishing a perfectly edited book, but feeling an emotional connection with your story, no matter how imperfect it may be.
Hopefully, if you've gotten this far you're either convinced to do NaNoWriMo this month, or you're encouraged to go write now. Whichever side you may be on, I wish you the best of luck :)
Word Count: 3, 249 (but still not done for the day)
Hopefully, if you've gotten this far you're either convinced to do NaNoWriMo this month, or you're encouraged to go write now. Whichever side you may be on, I wish you the best of luck :)
Word Count: 3, 249 (but still not done for the day)