Today, in Poor Decisions:

[soc_puppet]

Okay, I've done it. I've signed up.

I am now Socchan at NaNoWriMo.org.

...I have no idea what I'm doing! 8Dbb Someone hold my hand please.


Since I'm planning to write by hand, I guess getting a good words-per-page estimate would be a good idea? And/or finding someone to help me count words ._.a I'll scan the damn pages if I have to! ...Alternately, I will work with the estimate, and aim to be finished on the twenty-fifth, so I can have a good five days to type it up.

I'll also be researching the heck out of things like chronic pain. And stuff. Oh, and purchasing drinks with caffeine. Lots of them.



Clearly, my birthday being on the last day of November is divine will, as being done with NaNo will likely be the most wonderful present ever.

Comments

[ytak.livejournal.com]

*holds hand*

pellucere is right. 2000 words a day is a good goal. If you do that and have a bad day or two, then you don't fall behind. You're ambitious to write it by hand. There is no way I could do it that way. I type much faster than I write.

Or you could write a story like I do and wing it most of the way. :) Truth be told, I've got more outlined this time around than I have in years. Mysterys must be plotted.

[soc_puppet]

*wringing your hand now kthx*

I was definitely thinking in that area, goal-wise. The good thing about writing by hand is that I can take it with me. AWAY from the computer, and similar distractions. And while I can technically get words out at a faster rate while typing, my writing pace seems to be about the same. *something of a perfectionist - yes, even in first drafts*

I've got a really basic plot idea down, but it could probably stand a little bit of fleshing out. And having a good idea of what the end will be has always helped me actually finish stuff in the past, so.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

First of all, you need to understand something. Take your perfectionist self and your internal editor and throw them in a closet and lock the door. Leave them there for the month of November. They have no place during NaNoWriMo. It's all about quantity, not quality. If I ever even dreamed of showing you my third year novel, you'd understand (if it were paper, I'd probably burn it, it's that bad).

That's good to hear. A basic plot helps a lot. I'm plotting more than I ever have before (mystery novels require it) but I intend to have fun while writing it. And then there is the fine are of word padding. Oh! And I recommend a gratuitous explosion (it worked for last year's novel).

[soc_puppet]

I'll try :/ I mean, I do get the point of it, I really do, but I don't think I've ever written anything without a modicum of my perfectionist self contributing, so I don't know how well it will go. If I can, though, I probably will.

...Actually, a gratuitous explosion would probably solve my "not enough plot" problem nicely. *makes note of this* And I have no problem pulling an S. Morgenstern and describing the scenery/clothing/what-have-you for pages and pages if need be. Or, well, paragraphs and paragraphs, at least.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

It isn't easy, at first. Once I get my editor locked away, I have -fun-. Instead, my personal cheering squad tells me to write.

It does! It solved my problem last year. My story was ho-hum and then I remembered I promised myself an explosion. The next thing I know, my story has turned on its head and there is a global war that has my character making a break for it off the planet (it takes place on another planet). It made my story interesting.