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

[earth2skye.livejournal.com]

I thought about it last year but then didn't go for it because I just knew I wouldn't have enough time, even though -- back then -- I was still good at producing humungous word counts in a rather short time. Sine then however, I've learned to be very wary of when this happens, because mostly the result is just crap. Also, while a bit of pressure is good to get me writing when I'm tired or would waste time surfing around because I don't want to force myself to concentrate, it's not good when it gets me writing when I just don't feel like it at all. For me, sometimes trying to write when it just doesn't want to flow is worse than not writing at all. Did this make any sense? Then again, you asked for my thoughts ;-)

[earth2skye.livejournal.com]

Reading over the comments you got so far my own sense finally became clear to me;-) I guess what i was saying is that, if you have an idea that's very dear to you and want to give it the best you've got, maybe writing to a deadline is not the way to go...