My fingers have curled into strange, deformed claws, the sounds of keyboards clicking has become my nightmare and my mind has been utterly destroyed but I can honestly say that finishing NaNoWriMo 2010 has been amazing.
For a while I wasn't sure that I would be able to do it, especially with my trip to America (where I am currently writing this). I felt as if I wasn't up to the challenge about half way through but I have to say that my family really encouraged me, mainly by putting up with me.
But, after writing like an insane maniac for the last month I have some questions that I have been going over. These questions include things such as: what sane individual would contemplate trying to write 50000 words in the space of 30 days? What good can come from a spurt of craptastic writing? (My writing felt somewhat craptastic but I am not saying that it is the same for everyone.) What does finishing this task say about me?
Let's just say that there aren't any proper answers for these questions but I know for a fact that I would definitely attempt this again next year. There is something to this idea of splurging on a page that makes it all worthwhile - and what do I mean by it? Obviously, it is the joy that comes from the pure freedom of writing something that you don't have to take overly seriously. I don't think I can provide a proper explanation for something that you have to experience to understand...very Matrix of me, I know...
I would write more but I feel the need to recover and maybe spend a couple of days away from writing - then I will be back with better blogs and more interesting material...
yaa! good for you. My job requires too much writing to even consider NaNoWriMo.
ReplyDeleteI think it helps you to just get the story on the page, you can worry about and even fix the crappyness later.
are you coming back? :-(
Oh yes, I am coming back. I will be back on the 14th of Dec...where I have an interview at our old school grounds...wish me luck!
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