NaNoWriMo – Day Thirty – The Finale
posted by: ShonBaconI always get emotional when things end.
I nearly lost it when Friends went off the air, and Will & Grace? Forget about it!
Same sadness evades me at the conclusion of every NaNoWriMo.
I look back at the last thirty days with fondness, with sadness, and with happiness.
Fondness because it is the one month out of the year, and has been since 2005, that I put my creativity above all other things and try to make literary magic happen.
Sadness because this is the first NaNo year in which everything and its mother became obstacles that tried to thwart my success. I have never, ever, had a November this insane, this busy, this chaotic, this dramatic, this serious. All of these obstacles not only kept me from writing some days, but they also diminished my overall happiness with the world. I was tired, sluggish, irritated, angry, confused, anxious – any and everything that could culminate into a nervous breakdown. But I didn’t break – not all the way anyway.
Which brings me to Happiness, happiness because I made it through NaNo and made it through BIG TIME. Happiness because I did take those moments to step away from writing in order to help those loved ones that needed me. Happiness because I did take time to pray for those who needed me to pray and as a result, I grew closer in my relationship with God. Happiness because, Thank God, November is over, and I can write, but not like some crazy demonic chick with book-book-book on the brain.
I can finally take a breath…and jump into whatever’s next.
Which just so happens to be finishing this daggone NaNo project – about 20k to go – while working on some short script projects and gearing up for Christmas ‘08 – the event, *chuckling*
Thanks for following me on my NaNo travails; starting next Monday, I’ll be giving weekly updates on my journey to FINISH this manuscript and do something with it!
Today’s word count: 3,722
Overall word count: 71,086
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December 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 am
I am so proud of you! 71,086? WOW! I hope your fans will be able to read this new creation SOON. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Hey there, Lady,
Thanks for the congrats. I’m really feeling this story – probably because I’m on a lot of the pages, LOL
I hope to start writing again soon – I think part of my CAN’T GET ENOUGH SLEEP issues stem from NOT GETTING SLEEP the month of November!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hey, Shon…
Congrats on reaching your goals! Very proud of you.
Was curious of what you thought about this blog I found at the Master’s artist…It seems to implying something about NaNoWriMo.
http://aratus.typepad.com/tma/2008/12/national-brain-surgery-month.html#comments
December 5th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Hey there, Tracey,
Just checked that link out – the read was actually quite good; I don’t know if it’s pro- or anti-NaNo, LOL I “suspect” pro…
What you think?
December 5th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I don’t know. It was definitely written well but I kind of got the impression that he was implying that people who think that they can become a writer through a contest/program like NaNo was akin to those trying to become a brain surgeon by simply cutting on folks; that programs like these give too much access to the writing field.
Maybe I just took it too seriously. LOL
December 5th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
No – you probably didn’t, LOL I KINDA got the sense of that, too, but I wanted to give the writer the benefit of the doubt.
What’s funny is that NaNo doesn’t promote itself as some premiere place to be an “artist” (imagine saying it like arTISTE – lol) It’s something fun, and some people use this time to actually write and write seriously.
Though I do fall under the belief that many can write but most will not get published, I also believe that everyone deserves his/her opportunity TO DO IT if he/she so wishes…
December 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I agree wholeheartedly, Shon.