I treat nano like a big stream of conciousness writing project. What I produce at the end won't even be a draft but a framework for my story. My writing is 50% waffle with Nano and I will probably never use anything I write this month.
BUT I still love nano and you should too. Beacuse Nano teaches you about writing. You need the discipline of writing every day and the training to force yourself to be creative even if you don't really feel like it today.
My number one piece of advice for Nano is think about what you are learning. Just the fact that you don't like what you are writing is a sign that you have learnt something about you and the way you write. The only way to learn to write is by writing. This Nano my goal is to teach myself the thinks I like and dislike about writing, my good and bad habits while writing. That will be infinately more valuable to me as a writer than 50,000 words.
There is a reason NaNo has the no edit rule, because it is hard to see what your mistakes are when you are so close to them. Write what works for you, if you think it's awful make a note. I have a notation system so I can come back to the bits I thought were awful and the bits I thought were great in December, I am always suprised how my opinion changes. Of course there are parts that are still awful and I learn valuable lessons, such as my creativity dives after midnight and I don't write dialogue well.
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BUT I still love nano and you should too. Beacuse Nano teaches you about writing. You need the discipline of writing every day and the training to force yourself to be creative even if you don't really feel like it today.
My number one piece of advice for Nano is think about what you are learning. Just the fact that you don't like what you are writing is a sign that you have learnt something about you and the way you write. The only way to learn to write is by writing. This Nano my goal is to teach myself the thinks I like and dislike about writing, my good and bad habits while writing. That will be infinately more valuable to me as a writer than 50,000 words.
There is a reason NaNo has the no edit rule, because it is hard to see what your mistakes are when you are so close to them. Write what works for you, if you think it's awful make a note. I have a notation system so I can come back to the bits I thought were awful and the bits I thought were great in December, I am always suprised how my opinion changes. Of course there are parts that are still awful and I learn valuable lessons, such as my creativity dives after midnight and I don't write dialogue well.