Week Four...
November 21st 2009 18:16
This is the second last weekend of November, and we're all scrambling to hit our desired word counts now. Hopefully in the next two days you'll be able to put aside some extra time to write, time to write three or four or five thousand words so that you can hit your goal if need be, or just to give yourself some padding in case this last week turns out rough.
Week four is always the hardest week for me. Everything is slowly but surely grinding to a halt. I'm already mourning the fact that once it's over, there are a lot of people I won't see again until next year, both locally and on the forums I love so much. I know that the forums are slowly but surely going to fade into inactivity-but I also know that there will always be people who will wander back in throughout the year and that in these people the spirit of Nanowrimo lives on.
I'm hoping, just like Chris Baty is, that this Tuesday will be a beautiful Tuesday. We're coming to the ends of our novels. Throughout this month we have changed. We've learned that we can do more than we ever thought possible. We've learned that even when we're churning out words in tens of thousands every week, we can still write some good stuff-and trust me, when you look back on your novel, you'll find some great moments. Nanowrimo has changed my life again and again, and I hope it's changed yours too.
On Tuesday the Office Of Letters And Light staff is doing a twenty four hour fundraising drive with the goal to raise $100, 000 in one twenty-four hour period. Chris Baty's idea is that if the mission is successful, they're going to write and perform a song, tentatively entitled 'that beautiful Tuesday'.
If you have the money, and this blog has helped you with your nanowrimo endeavours-whether it be the course that I did in October or the words of encouragement you have found here in November-I'm asking that you please choose to donate in my name, to sponsor me, for this fundraising drive. Click here to sponsor me. This month I've only raised $10-but $10 is something, right? There is no pressure to donate-only a please.
If you're right on track with your novel and your word count, you're coming to the end. It's getting to the point where soon you're going to be tying things up, saying goodbyes to your characters who I'm sure you have come to know and love over the last few months, and reaching your word count goal. If you aren't-don't worry. Even if you don't get 50, 000 words or even 25, 000 words you've done more this month than you would have if you didn't participate in Nanowrimo.
This is a sad time, a time when you are getting ready to say goodbyes to other Nanoers, to your characters, and to your novel for a time.
But don't let that get you down. You're already a winner in my eyes, and I'm sure that the people in the Office Of Letters and Light feel much the same way. You've accomplished something this month, and something is better than nothing.
So what's next? Looking ahead to December, I foresee a Thank God It's Over party in your region-these are always great fun-and don't forget that Createspace is once again offering you a FREE proof copy of your Nanovel. I got a free proof copy of Jihad last year and it was pretty great. Not, of course, the most professional looking book out there, but it's a physical copy you can hold in your hands.
For those of you who aren't anywhere near finishing your novel, and who don't think you're going to finish your novel in the next few days, there's also Nanofimo, a challenge to write 30, 000 words and/or finish your novel in the month of December. And of course next year there will be a host of writing challenges such as Nanowriye and various wrimos throughout the year.
Where are you in your Nanowrimo endeavours? What are your plans for December? As always, I'd love to hear from you.
~Dianna
Week four is always the hardest week for me. Everything is slowly but surely grinding to a halt. I'm already mourning the fact that once it's over, there are a lot of people I won't see again until next year, both locally and on the forums I love so much. I know that the forums are slowly but surely going to fade into inactivity-but I also know that there will always be people who will wander back in throughout the year and that in these people the spirit of Nanowrimo lives on.
I'm hoping, just like Chris Baty is, that this Tuesday will be a beautiful Tuesday. We're coming to the ends of our novels. Throughout this month we have changed. We've learned that we can do more than we ever thought possible. We've learned that even when we're churning out words in tens of thousands every week, we can still write some good stuff-and trust me, when you look back on your novel, you'll find some great moments. Nanowrimo has changed my life again and again, and I hope it's changed yours too.
On Tuesday the Office Of Letters And Light staff is doing a twenty four hour fundraising drive with the goal to raise $100, 000 in one twenty-four hour period. Chris Baty's idea is that if the mission is successful, they're going to write and perform a song, tentatively entitled 'that beautiful Tuesday'.
If you have the money, and this blog has helped you with your nanowrimo endeavours-whether it be the course that I did in October or the words of encouragement you have found here in November-I'm asking that you please choose to donate in my name, to sponsor me, for this fundraising drive. Click here to sponsor me. This month I've only raised $10-but $10 is something, right? There is no pressure to donate-only a please.
If you're right on track with your novel and your word count, you're coming to the end. It's getting to the point where soon you're going to be tying things up, saying goodbyes to your characters who I'm sure you have come to know and love over the last few months, and reaching your word count goal. If you aren't-don't worry. Even if you don't get 50, 000 words or even 25, 000 words you've done more this month than you would have if you didn't participate in Nanowrimo.
This is a sad time, a time when you are getting ready to say goodbyes to other Nanoers, to your characters, and to your novel for a time.
But don't let that get you down. You're already a winner in my eyes, and I'm sure that the people in the Office Of Letters and Light feel much the same way. You've accomplished something this month, and something is better than nothing.
So what's next? Looking ahead to December, I foresee a Thank God It's Over party in your region-these are always great fun-and don't forget that Createspace is once again offering you a FREE proof copy of your Nanovel. I got a free proof copy of Jihad last year and it was pretty great. Not, of course, the most professional looking book out there, but it's a physical copy you can hold in your hands.
For those of you who aren't anywhere near finishing your novel, and who don't think you're going to finish your novel in the next few days, there's also Nanofimo, a challenge to write 30, 000 words and/or finish your novel in the month of December. And of course next year there will be a host of writing challenges such as Nanowriye and various wrimos throughout the year.
Where are you in your Nanowrimo endeavours? What are your plans for December? As always, I'd love to hear from you.
~Dianna
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