Nanowrimo Days Thirteen through Fifteen
Catch-up day! It seems like every time I do Nanowrimo, I ended up with one or two days where I start to write ALL THE WORDS and try to play catch up. The two times that I've won Nanowrimo so far, it was done on the last day, within an hour or two of midnight. Clearly, the words flow better when I'm closing in on a deadline.
Of course, that's not completely accurate - sometimes the words flow better. Other time, there's a loop of "can't write" repeating in my head while I stare at the blank page, which is less than useful. Still, it looks like today is doing some damage to the backlog. I decided to actually try out the timer page (Moosti, if you're interested) that I had bookmarked in preparation for Nano and then completely forgotten about. I've never really written with a timer before, but I think it's working pretty well for me. I do think that 25 minutes is pushing it for me - by about minute 20, I was having trouble focusing and starting to look for an excuse to do something else, but up until that point, I was just forcing myself to write without letting myself stop, and that helped.
Here's to the halfway point, my friends!
Of course, that's not completely accurate - sometimes the words flow better. Other time, there's a loop of "can't write" repeating in my head while I stare at the blank page, which is less than useful. Still, it looks like today is doing some damage to the backlog. I decided to actually try out the timer page (Moosti, if you're interested) that I had bookmarked in preparation for Nano and then completely forgotten about. I've never really written with a timer before, but I think it's working pretty well for me. I do think that 25 minutes is pushing it for me - by about minute 20, I was having trouble focusing and starting to look for an excuse to do something else, but up until that point, I was just forcing myself to write without letting myself stop, and that helped.
Here's to the halfway point, my friends!
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