posted by [identity profile] rhianne.livejournal.com at 12:13pm on 15/10/2007
Hi hon. For what it's worth, I did NaNoWriMo about four years ago. It was great fun, but an incredible amount of pressure (though that does depend on your writing speed, I guess, 1667 words every day was a lot for me!). I managed the 50,000 words with about four days to spare, and it felt like a great achievement, but I must admit I'm not sure I'd ever do it again. The story I wrote for Nano ended up at about 60,000 words, was unfinished, and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've gone back to the story since then. I'm beginning to wonder if it'll ever get written!

Having a daily deadline really does help to spur you on to keep writing, even when you're having a bad day or don't want to sit at the computer/whatever, but it really depends on how much other stuff you have to get done during that month. I was also doing on a full-time job when I did it, and doing 8 hours real work and then having to go home and start that was a little too much for me, though as I said, I'm glad I did it.

Just my 2p, if it helps. *hugs*

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