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Momentum Trailing Off
Posted by: andychilton
I don't know about you but after that huge burst of speed during June, I fear my momentum has been trailing off.
After last year's NaNoWriMo effort when I hit 50,018 with 4 days to go, I didn't write a single bean afterwards! Silly me.
Determined not to let that happen again, I reached 50,000 during SoCNoC with 1 day to go and proceeded to add a few more thousand words on the final day and the first two of July.
But dang, I let it slip (again)! Since then I haven't written another bean (again)!
Determined not to let that happen again, I ... oh, who am I kidding? There's only one solution to this dilemma and that's to pull my finger out and just get on with it - exactly like we all did during SoCNoC.
We turned off distractions, stopped doing housework and said "See you in a month" to our family and friends. Now that SoCNoC is over we don't have to be as determined but we do have to be a little bit so.
Altogether now, as Kerryn says in the title of her blog, No Excuses. Just Write.
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19 Jul 2007 22:54:19
Comments
On 20 Jul 2007 09:56:12 Kerryn said:
Great post, Andy. I've stopped blogging my excuses and if I don't get any writing done (like last night) I just move on. If I do get some done, even if it's just 300 words, I congratulate myself.
I'm amazed by Gaye who has continued into July to write another 50K and has managed 35K already.
No Excuses. Just Write.
On 20 Jul 2007 11:44:15 gaye-belle said:
That's the beauty of having these challenges Andy, to motivate and share the experience. It depends on peoples committment in real life, jobs etc, and winter is a bad time to be creative. All I can think about is getting warm, and waiting for the water pipes to unfreeze, and fingers :)If you were doing writing for a living you would lock yourself away with 'Do not disturb' on the door. Well I would, let them get their own dinner.
On 21 Jul 2007 23:56:34 Travis said:
Thanks for the klog Andy.
After getting through most of the writing of the Zing challenge, I realize that it's easier to start something new than to go back to the old stuff.
There is probably some psychology that I should be aware of here. Maybe tricking yourself into thinking it's new every time you sit down to write is a good thing.
Maybe saying, "Got to start that new story!" and writing the old one instead.
In my first Nano, I realized that new scenes went much easier than continuing old ones. That's probably related... Hmmm... ideas are coming into my head now.
Thanks again for the posting Andy!