Almost There
November 26th 2009 12:24
You know, the final pep talk from Chris Baty arriving in my inbox always makes me kind of sad. I mean, I'm already depressed about whatever else is wrong with my life and the anniversary of my dad's death, but the end of Nanowrimo brings me just as much sadness as the beginning brings me joy.
People all around me are hitting 50, 000 words, or getting suddenly inspired to reach for the stars and reach for fifty thousand words even if they only have five or ten thousand words. People are hitting their goals and I'm nowhere near mine, but I know that I can make it because I write a lot faster than a lot of people.
And while I'm cheering them on, there is part of me that is getting more and more sad. It's almost over. Soon, the forums will slink into slowness. Soon, the Toronto Nanowrimo chat will be empty. Soon all of this will be over, our crazy writing endeavor, and even though I will continue to take part in Nanowriye, even though I will participate in Nanofimo, even though I will still take part in different writing challenges throughout the year, it will not be the same.
All of these communities exist, and I love each and every last one of them because they exist and they bring writers together during every month of the year. But these places are not the same as Nanowrimo, the one who spawned them all.
These places don't have 100, 000 participants.
These places don't have forums where when you post there's always a reply within an hour.
These websites don't have local write-ins.
Why? Because Nanowrimo is the challenge for everyone. It is the challenge that everyone partakes in, those who don't think they can write a novel beside those who know they can. It is the challenge where people who have never tried to write more than a short story for school come together with people like me who love to write more than anything else in the world.
But all of these people love to write. And they develop a love for writing. So why don't they jump into year round communities?
Maybe because a lot of them have two or three kids and full time jobs. Maybe because they're in university or high school-and school is a full time job. Maybe because they just don't have time outside of November to write books-or they don't think they do.
Whatever the reason, a lot of them don't. It is only those who have perhaps too much time on their hands, who love to write all year round more than they love their hands/wrists, who go to the other communities and who jump into these things. These communities are great, but for that reason, they will never be the same as Nanowrimo-that and of course the fact that Nanowrimo is the original.
Come the official end of this month I will be posting a variety of links to a variety of challenges that are similar to Nanowrimo, most of which have been spawned from Nanowrimo, and I will invite you to join me in those I participate in and to participate in the others without me.
I hope that even if you don't take part in any challenges you'll keep reading this blog after Nanowrimo ends, and I hope to hear from you on the Nanowrimo-based communities. If you join them, let me know. I'm Litharukia on the forums. I would love to hear from you.
Good luck finishing your novels, everyone.
People all around me are hitting 50, 000 words, or getting suddenly inspired to reach for the stars and reach for fifty thousand words even if they only have five or ten thousand words. People are hitting their goals and I'm nowhere near mine, but I know that I can make it because I write a lot faster than a lot of people.
And while I'm cheering them on, there is part of me that is getting more and more sad. It's almost over. Soon, the forums will slink into slowness. Soon, the Toronto Nanowrimo chat will be empty. Soon all of this will be over, our crazy writing endeavor, and even though I will continue to take part in Nanowriye, even though I will participate in Nanofimo, even though I will still take part in different writing challenges throughout the year, it will not be the same.
All of these communities exist, and I love each and every last one of them because they exist and they bring writers together during every month of the year. But these places are not the same as Nanowrimo, the one who spawned them all.
These places don't have 100, 000 participants.
These places don't have forums where when you post there's always a reply within an hour.
These websites don't have local write-ins.
Why? Because Nanowrimo is the challenge for everyone. It is the challenge that everyone partakes in, those who don't think they can write a novel beside those who know they can. It is the challenge where people who have never tried to write more than a short story for school come together with people like me who love to write more than anything else in the world.
But all of these people love to write. And they develop a love for writing. So why don't they jump into year round communities?
Maybe because a lot of them have two or three kids and full time jobs. Maybe because they're in university or high school-and school is a full time job. Maybe because they just don't have time outside of November to write books-or they don't think they do.
Whatever the reason, a lot of them don't. It is only those who have perhaps too much time on their hands, who love to write all year round more than they love their hands/wrists, who go to the other communities and who jump into these things. These communities are great, but for that reason, they will never be the same as Nanowrimo-that and of course the fact that Nanowrimo is the original.
Come the official end of this month I will be posting a variety of links to a variety of challenges that are similar to Nanowrimo, most of which have been spawned from Nanowrimo, and I will invite you to join me in those I participate in and to participate in the others without me.
I hope that even if you don't take part in any challenges you'll keep reading this blog after Nanowrimo ends, and I hope to hear from you on the Nanowrimo-based communities. If you join them, let me know. I'm Litharukia on the forums. I would love to hear from you.
Good luck finishing your novels, everyone.
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