you know what makes me laugh?
the assumption that so many people live under in which they actually believe writers are all hippies who write flowery words all day and never do any work.
fact #1: most writers i know are completely neurotic about their craft.
fact #2: writing is intensely personal, thereby enhancing the aforementioned neuroticism.
fact #3: writing well is hard. if it were easy, everyone would have a book deal.
i think one of the best parts of nanowrimo is that it forces people to put up or shut up. you will either write that required 50K or you won't, and really, it's all on you. if you're someone like me, who reacts well to this sort of pressure, you will likely thrive during nanowrimo. if not...well, it's likely that you'll hate nano. and here's why:
drafting a manuscript is bloody difficult on a good day.
so, when there's a looming deadline and a rather intimidating word count requirement...
you have to shove through the doubt and the fear and the questions and JUST WRITE.
but that's the beauty of nano, for me: because to finish a draft, well ... you have to finish a draft. which means you have to write the words. which means they have to get out of your head and "onto paper."
and that brings us to:
fact #4: the first draft of anything will be shit. if you think otherwise, you're crazy.
that's what revisions and edits are for. duh.
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