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What is this?
If you’re reading this and don’t know, then I should put up adwords because random people are somehow finding this.
This is my 2009 entry into the National Novel Writing Contest ( http://nanowrimo.com ). Its a yearly contest to try to write 50k words in a month. I post chapters and stuff here.
Why do you do this?
Most people work, most people like to do things other than work, lots of people have creative ambitions. Things are very difficult to do when you have a full-time job, friends, family, and plain sanity time. It is more difficult to set parameters for finishing something than having the idea. It is impossible to complete something that has no way to be finished. Given this, it is hard to conceive and complete a creative project without boundries. In a catch-22, it is hard to think of how much work is required to do something until you have actually completed it.
With a creative process it is very hard to measure your own progress, especially if you are your own primary critic. Trying to be the best at whatever you are trying to do without allowing yourself constant practice or actually accepting criticism will always create stillbrith. Nanowrimo removes almost all of these conventional dilemmas by providing achievable parameters (50k/1mo) with no consequences for failing. All entries are private. In fact, nobody cares if your novel sucks, if you don’t like it, then don’t show it to anybody. The only important thing to do is: TRY TO WRITE!
Why do you make yours public?
I don’t really care if people don’t like, don’t expect people to even bother reading it, and don’t put it on my resume.
Why does your book suck?
Write a better one in a month and let me read it.
Who are you on nanowrimos site?
Scrame:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/168216
Why are you doing this to pad your word count?
To start on the first day, if I finish I will make sure it doesnt matter.
Why dont my word counts of your site match the number on your user page?w
If you try that hard, you should really just enter yourself and stop worrying. I keep notes and separate pieces that have not alwatys been published, but I write it, so I count it.