So; NaNoWriMo?

[panik]

Never done this, never really given it much thought before, tbh but, being in the prep stages of a novel that'll probably start getting written in November anyway...

If you've done NaNoWriMo -
If you're thinking of doing NaNoWriMo -
If you've never done it and never , ever intend to ever have anything to do with NaNoWriMo...

Have you got any thoughts? What are the advantages/disadvantages (bearing in mind I'm going to be writing this thing anyway, challenge or no challenge)? I'm really interested in thoughts, experiences, opinions...

Comments

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I'm not good with pressure tbh; I won't even do a fic challenge, but I'm going to be writing this anyway... Not sure I need the discipline, really and I really don;t need the pressure.

::still thinking::

Thanks for the input. (o: (Hope you're doing OK?)

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Well, to be fair to Nanowrimo, they don't really put 'pressure' on you, so to speak. You get an email once a week, reminding you of the deadline and how many words you should have done by then to be on track.

There are forums and LJ comms you can join to keep in contact with other people, but I never got involved in them.

The real pressure that I found was the pressure I put on myself, which is something I tend to do once I commit to something. I'm a bit of a worrier *g* If you're good at not putting too much pressure on yourself then you probably won't find it as much of a problem as I did.