I had perched myself on a comfortable fence regarding an attempt at NaNoWriMo this year and with good reason. I’m a repeat quitter. I would jump through the gate running and writing, determined to sprint on through the finish line, only to lose momentum and stamina long before I reached anywhere near my goal. After receiving Sara Megibow’s – NaNoWriMo Cheerleader article in my email from Romance University this morning, I decided to give National Novel Writing Month another try, but with a different focus in mind. Consistency. Consistency is one of my greatest opportunities in writing and I believe this will be the perfect venue for me to work on changing that.
I haven’t decided the writing project yet or my personal word count goal, but I do intend on setting up some kind of daily accountability here, and maybe even have one day a week where I’ll share a snippet. I refuse to disillusion myself. This will definitely be a huge challenge, but I’m determined to give this attempt my all.
My first step in the right direction is prep. I printed out my favorite planner pages to jot down a loose outline of my month of consistent writing. Lots of line space and each day includes a motivational quote. Perfection! You can find the planner pages here if you’d like to check them out. Will you be participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
Only recently learned about what that is 🙂
I learned about it a few years ago. A great time of year for writing in general. 🙂
Yes, especially when one lives in a country where the weather this time of year, is not exactly for sun bathing in the park 🙂
I will be doing NaNoWriMo this year, too. Like you, I have problems with consistency. Some weeks, I’ll feel super inspired to write and crank out a lot of content, and then others, I will do practically nothing. So many people get caught up in the word count goal of NaNoWriMo, but I think how you’re viewing it, as a way to improve consistency and form habits, is an awesome perspective. Good luck!
Thank you, Kate! Good luck to you too!