nano 2011: update (day 5)

[jennickels]

me: 1167/50,000 (nothing written since day one)

Meagan: 1407/10,000 (14% done)
Owen: quit
Brenna: 825/2000 (she finished her 800 word goal yesterday so we upped it to 2000 words)
Nora: about 50/200

It's another big fat FAIL for me.  I give up.

Comments

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

It's endearing that your kids get their passion for storytelling from your example.

You've already proven you can write 50k words in 30 days; give yourself a break this year, for goodness sake! If you still enjoy the spirit of NaNo, have you considered picowrimo? It's more low-key & attainable.

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

I can't write anything creative at all. I've tried. I hold the pen in my hand and just stare at the paper. There's nothing but this deep emptiness in me.

I'm glad the girls are enjoying NaNo. Meagan is already planning more stories she wants to write. I suggested she added a haunted house to her Halloween story where the house is actually haunted. She said she'll write a different story about that.

Now I just have to teach her some grammar lessons. She refuses to use paragraphs. Her story (all 1400 words) is one giant paragraph that extends several pages. Oy.

[nynaeve-sedai.livejournal.com]

Don't force it. This summer when I was caring for the grandfather (remember?) I couldn't put two creative words together. Took me a while to get my mojo working again.

You know you have the skill. It's okay to rest there a little while :)

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

When I'm not in the mood to write, I do graphics (like stupid LOL macros). When I'm not in the mood to do either, I read fanfic & leave comments.

I haven't kept up with my commenting goals this month, but I don't care. It's more of a curiosity over how many words I generate in Tweets & LJ interaction.

Meagan's story sounds amusing, but the wall-of-text issue will need editing in the final draft. ;D

[jennickels.livejournal.com]

If I counted up all my posts and comments I probably have...almost 50k words already this month. I write a lot, it's just not stories.

And that's great. It's good I write random crap on my journal but that's easy for me. It's not a challenge for me to ramble on about real life stuff. I can easily write 100k words on my journal in a month not including stories I post.

The point of NaNo is to challenge oneself.

I keep trying to find something to interest me but there's just nothing. That just freaks me out. It's confusing. I don't want to write, don't want to read, don't want to knit, don't want to even watch TV. I just sit there and stare at the wall.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

The point of NaNo is to challenge oneself when you're up to the challenge.

This November is not a good month for you, given your circumstances. Initiating your kids into a challenge they're up for, however is full of win. :)

[nynaeve-sedai.livejournal.com]

Nooo, not fail! Just...smaller goals. When a crisis hits you've just got to make smaller goals. Easier to attain (because seriously, you've got *real* goals to meet - ones that are worth eighty million NaNos - y'know, life...)

You know you can write, girl. Don't set yourself up for more negative thinking. There's truth and then there's what you feel. Keep speaking truth.

[thothmes.livejournal.com]

Who is the bigger winner, the runner who, all unencumbered, crosses the finish line swiftly, or the runner who finishes in the dark after everyone else has gone home because he stopped to help an injured comrade across the finish line with him?

You have a lot of weight to carry. I don't think you've failed. You've just delayed finishing, perhaps until after the race has closed.

Real life is more important than your NaNo right now, and you're starting the next generation off right. I call that a big win.

[misswelles.livejournal.com]

Don't tell yourself you have failed at this. You have done something even more amazing than writing a story. You have inspired your kids to write and to write what they want to and not just what they are told to for homework. Thats an amazing thing. And it sounds like they are all doing great!