'Fessing Up

[shiredancer]

Hello, my name is Sally, and I have a confession to make. I, um, joined NaNoWriMo too. The Halloween spirits possessed me and made me do it at the eleventh hour. I have even (gulp) attended a local meeting.

What got me was that they said, in their write-up online, that I could write 50,000 words of pure crap, and nobody would ever have to read it. And I thought, "Pure crap? I think I could do that. Maybe not 50,000 words' worth, but pure crap... yeah." I think I've written 100 words of pure crap so far but I don't know, because it's not typed yet. But if this would get me to write even 10 minutes a day (and it did, for the first two days anyway), then I'm already ahead of what I wrote in September, or any month during these last many years. I would consider this exercise a smashing success if I got, say, a single decent paragraph culled from the morass of pure crap that I'll be writing. A novel? Oh, definitely not. A story? Most unlikely. A simple paragraph... well, I'll see. Now, if I can just get back to those 10 minutes a day... I'll be happy.

I thought it would at least give me a chance to use their official icon, but (sob) it's not the right dimensions. Pffffttt! [Edited to add: Daisy dear, I shamelessly ripped off your properly-sized NaNo icon! Do you mind??? *Smooches*]

Comments

WooHoo!!

[linaelyn.livejournal.com]

Yay! Yay! Yay! Another non-writer like me, just gettin' in there, and puttin' it on the paper! You put my sentiments down exactly: What got me was that they said, in their write-up online, that I could write 50,000 words of pure crap, and nobody would ever have to read it. And I thought, "Pure crap? I think I could do that. Maybe not 50,000 words' worth, but pure crap... yeah."

Glad to also see that you are on board for Team Reason. Don't worry, I'll make a suitable lapel sticker for you even if you don't make it to 50,000. But you didn't hear me say that, because the sticker's supposed to be an *incentive*, y'hear?

Re: WooHoo!!

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your support, Lin. Yes, we non-writers need to put pen to paper, as Who once told me. And yes, ma'am, I'll remember that the sticker is incentive, I surely will.

Okay, off to put in my 10 minutes. Good luck with yours!