November starts in two days. Crazy to think about that. Also crazy that there is no Nanowrimo this year. I've been participating off and on in National Novel Writing Month for almost as long as it has existed. It's where I taught myself to write fast (50k words in 30 days, though I added to the challenge and aimed for over 70k). Almost half my books that are published, including Rendersella, were written during a Nanowrimo challenge. And I need to write another book. What made it so special?
*Camaraderie with other people who all had the same goal. There is something that pushes you when you know other people are doing the same thing.
*The challenge. Who doesn't love a good challenge? A good test to see if they really can accomplish a goal? There's something in it that makes us actually sit down and do it.
*The little green bar that went higher each day as you logged your word count. Yeah. I'm that girl who likes to see my progress in a bar graph. ;)
Does the death of Nanowrimo mean I won't write another book? Of course not. It just means I'm going to have to write it without all of that. Okay, maybe I could make my own bar graph, but it's not the same. LOL
I do have plans to write again toward the end of November. I should be finished with edits for a few minutes at that point and finally able to sit down and start writing Beauty School and the Beast. I don't plan to limit myself to thirty days--though I wouldn't complain if I were able to write the whole thing in that span. I am giving myself through the end of the year. After that, I have more edits that will be waiting.
Think I can do it? Maybe I'll have to post my own updates each day and let you all cheer me on.
Have you ever had to find new ways of doing things because a program ended? What are your biggest tips for reaching a goal?