Once again, I've failed at NaNoWriMo. Not for lack of trying. I'm starting to think the word count is what is working against me. Working a full-time job and writing 50,000 words while still having time for friends, family, and the unexpected is next to impossible. This is especially true because I don't want to just write whatever on the page.
I want it to make sense, and yes I do delete. If I write a scene and then change something later which affects that scene, I'll go back and rewrite it so everything flows and makes sense. This makes hitting the 50,000 near impossible since I keep actively trying to improve the story. It just doesn't work for me to write through, and not change as I go then wait to finish and go back.
It does help to have some kind of goal though. As soon as I knew I wasn't going to come close to 50,000 words, I lost almost all motivation to write. Of course this didn't however stop my brain from playing through some of the scenes I was trying to write out.
I also had issues finding time to write each day. Sometimes work would just require too much time, and I'd come home eat, and go straight to bed because I was so exhausted. A goal for time each day would not work either; so I'm pondering time for each week. I just haven't decided on a time to give to writing each week.
2017 will definitely have some different goals, but I have become more aware these last few months of what I want. What I want to be doing. Stay tuned :-) .
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