This is my first time doing NaNo, so I don't really have experience to share. And I'm not usually the type to lock myself in my room and write for several hours (actually, I DO have a lock on my bedroom door but I never use it). Thankfully, I am not very social so I don't have a lot of commitments. I have Asperger's Syndrome so social stuff is hard for me anyway.
I live with just my parents (I have a brother but he moved out) and have no school commitment because I just graduated from college last year (and just finished a separate certificate this year, in Web Development and Design - my fallback plan in case my writing career fails). And my parents understand my need/desire to be alone sometimes, even though they are both more social than I am. I actually don't talk to them about my writing hardly ever; it's kinda something I keep to myself. Besides my home life, I have a job and church but no other social commitments at present. I do have other RL stuff I need to do, like look for a job worthy of a B.A. holder (I work at a grocery store right now - one of those jobs you take to get you through school even though they have nothing to do with your major), keep up on my few bills and my health insurance, and my ongoing commitment to write error guides for the Kodansha Sailor Moon manga for Miss Dream (http://missdream.org/?page_id=30), a project which began in late 2011 and will last till at least next year. (In fact, the next volume of that manga comes out next week - and I'm going to try to get my error guide for it done fast so it's up before NaNo begins, even if I have to sacrifice a night of NaNo prep for it).
Thankfully, my job is only part-time (though I could technically work full-time right now if I wanted to...unfortunately I don't have really any control over how many hours they give me, and I make a lot compared to the other people in the same position/department as me, so they don't want to give me a lot of hours because my work's labor budget tends to be limited), leaving me with some time to write. Plus, I usually get to work early so I don't feel rushed, so I'll have time before work to write, as well as maybe during breaks or lunches. And I also have free time on the way to and from work because I take the bus everywhere.
You may find it strange that I would "write on the go," but I found that it actually works better for me. My work schedule varies - and is likely to change at the last minute since I'm that person who hardly ever gets sick and thus has to cover for all the people who call in sick - so it's hard for me to schedule time at home to write. I have to write when I have time. And writing on the go pretty much forces me to write longhand (since I don't like to carry my laptop around if I don't have to - because it's heavy and also for safety reasons - and I don't have a tablet). And I actually prefer to write longhand, because it feels more organic.
So hopefully my real life won't interfere with my writing life too much. We'll see.
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Date: 2012-10-22 08:52 pm (UTC)I live with just my parents (I have a brother but he moved out) and have no school commitment because I just graduated from college last year (and just finished a separate certificate this year, in Web Development and Design - my fallback plan in case my writing career fails). And my parents understand my need/desire to be alone sometimes, even though they are both more social than I am. I actually don't talk to them about my writing hardly ever; it's kinda something I keep to myself. Besides my home life, I have a job and church but no other social commitments at present. I do have other RL stuff I need to do, like look for a job worthy of a B.A. holder (I work at a grocery store right now - one of those jobs you take to get you through school even though they have nothing to do with your major), keep up on my few bills and my health insurance, and my ongoing commitment to write error guides for the Kodansha Sailor Moon manga for Miss Dream (http://missdream.org/?page_id=30), a project which began in late 2011 and will last till at least next year. (In fact, the next volume of that manga comes out next week - and I'm going to try to get my error guide for it done fast so it's up before NaNo begins, even if I have to sacrifice a night of NaNo prep for it).
Thankfully, my job is only part-time (though I could technically work full-time right now if I wanted to...unfortunately I don't have really any control over how many hours they give me, and I make a lot compared to the other people in the same position/department as me, so they don't want to give me a lot of hours because my work's labor budget tends to be limited), leaving me with some time to write. Plus, I usually get to work early so I don't feel rushed, so I'll have time before work to write, as well as maybe during breaks or lunches. And I also have free time on the way to and from work because I take the bus everywhere.
You may find it strange that I would "write on the go," but I found that it actually works better for me. My work schedule varies - and is likely to change at the last minute since I'm that person who hardly ever gets sick and thus has to cover for all the people who call in sick - so it's hard for me to schedule time at home to write. I have to write when I have time. And writing on the go pretty much forces me to write longhand (since I don't like to carry my laptop around if I don't have to - because it's heavy and also for safety reasons - and I don't have a tablet). And I actually prefer to write longhand, because it feels more organic.
So hopefully my real life won't interfere with my writing life too much. We'll see.