nanowrimo no

I will not finish NaNoWriMo the way I am supposed to finish it.

This is not being negative. This is fact. What I am writing is too complex to rush. It is Sunday, November 26th, and beginning tomorrow, I have to work full time and attend meetings before and after work. It's fact.

And I'm okay with it.

If you find yourself in the same circumstances, come on along, hold my hand, and get ready for some writer love. (If you've met your goal of 50,000 words, congratulations. You may come along, too, but may not need as much love since 50,000+ words.)

If you started NaNoWriMo with good intentions, remember that.

If you made progress --any progress --on something you've been wanting to try, remember that.

If you think your story is worth telling, remember that.

If you think you can improve as a writer by practicing, remember that.

If you caught yourself engaging in old habits that interfere with writing and did something about it more than you used to, remember that.

If you plan to continue working on your work until it is finished, remember that --and then do it.

NaNoWriMo can become, if you let it, just another reason to beat yourself up. That's if you didn't finish within the allotted time.  Conversely, if you met your goal, it can become an excuse to rest on your laurels because goal met.

Instead, let your experience be motivation. If you started your novel, and if you actually enjoy writing, or if it is a goal you have for yourself to finish something you start, why not keep going? That's what NaNoWriMo's supposed to be about, so far as I can tell --motivation, learning, and sharing the experience with likeminded writers.

So, NaNoWriMo? No. I will not have 50,000 words by Thursday. 

But finishing this book well and then writing the next thing? Yes. And I invite you to join me. Let me know how it went and how it's going.