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I'm going to keep this discussion short and simple and to the point:
What motivates you to do this? Why NaNo? Why now?
Go. I can't wait to hear these responses.
What motivates you to do this? Why NaNo? Why now?
Go. I can't wait to hear these responses.
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Date: 2012-10-24 07:32 am (UTC)As to motivations writing wise I tend to use TV/Movies/Music to keep me smiling whilst still hitting the daily amount needed.
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Date: 2012-10-24 07:38 am (UTC)Extra motivation, i.e., a given time to quit plotting and start writing, even if you go back to the plotting later.
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Date: 2012-10-24 07:41 am (UTC)I'm new to the comm mainly because this is my first NaNo ever! And I can definitely answer why now because I've completed my degree and currently job searching. So I know that I'll have a little time on my hands to write without feeling guilty about not studying or doing something else.
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Date: 2012-10-24 07:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-30 05:44 pm (UTC)Yeah job hunting hasn't been fruitful so far :(
I'm soo nervous about NaNo though and I'm so disorganized
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Date: 2012-10-24 07:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-24 09:30 am (UTC)This is my second NaNo, and I think the reason for why I am doing it is because otherwise, I would never accomplish anything with my writing. I always say, "Oh, I'll write at some point," but I never get around to it. NaNo forces me to stop gaming long enough to get my 1667 words. And also because why not? :) And this year, because I know that I can do it, and because winning a NaNo is one of the best feelings ever.
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Date: 2012-10-24 12:36 pm (UTC)And that's why I do NaNo every year. Because it's the only time I really allow myself to have this outlet, and it's so great. :)
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Date: 2012-10-24 12:38 pm (UTC)I write a fair amount anyway. (Most days I'm writing or editing something.) Nano gives me a bit of an extra push (to write more, to take a break from editing, etc.) but also gives me a group of people to do it with who aren't my usual writing buddies. (Who I love, but sometimes a change is nice.)
I really wish Nanoedmo had a better community (and didn't keep crashing) and that there was something like a Nabetamo or something (seeing as I spend a fair amount of time betaing/editing other people's work.) But it doesn't, so I tend to get all excited about the one yearly writing activity that actually has a sizable following. (Even if most of the more permanent groups I'm in seem more serious.)
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Date: 2012-10-24 12:56 pm (UTC)I don't know what I'm doing with my plot. I don't know how I'm going to fit this all in.
Usually it is that elusive "win" that I'm after. I've only managed it once. I guess because I got that "win" early on, I figured it would be easy to duplicate. It hasn't been. Not with work, marriage, pregnancy, a kid and now another pregnancy.
The only motivation I have is the chat room. I usually hang out with a different group or writers throughout the year but starting around September, I come here. I hang in sprints. I find it very motivating and comforting. I also find some bit of nostalgia. I guess I think that if I hang out in chat, it will be like the year I won because that was how I won back then.
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Date: 2012-10-24 02:50 pm (UTC)For a while, I focused on poke-at-my-own-pace short stories, which taught me a lot about writing but didn't help much with the process of penning long narrative. Last year, I got an idea for a challenging novel and decided to fast track its requisite research and planning in preparation for NaNo. I wanted to ride my enthusiasm for the project, enjoy the social aspects of the event (I hadn't participated in meetups or online discussions before), relearn how to push past blocks and crap or get off the pot, and get a sense of what pace I could sustain over the long term. I got all of that, plus a bonus education on how much more R&D I needed (a ton) and the limits of what I could BS on the fly (which also had to do with not knowing the setting well enough to extrapolate conflicts and other structural whatnot in a hurry). I'm returning to the same project with much more knowledge under my belt and a far more solid outline because the NaNo atmosphere is just too much fun. And hopefully this time I can continue the resultant rough draft instead of having to dismantle and redo it.
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Date: 2012-10-24 03:57 pm (UTC)I probably would never have carried on writing after college if I hadn't discovered Nano to be honest. I have these stories in my head anyway and Nano gives me a chance to get them developed and out even if I haven't published yet, and may never do.
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Date: 2012-10-24 06:18 pm (UTC)NaNoWriMo is my chance to do that. Each year, I have a story, or two. I'm thankful for that. If I have no ideas, I'll stop. Until then, I'm game for anything :D
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Date: 2012-10-24 08:56 pm (UTC)After 33 years...
Date: 2012-10-25 02:42 am (UTC)-L.
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Date: 2012-10-25 04:39 am (UTC)Okay, maybe it's not all insanity. It's because I love the community around Nanowrimo. Why now? I don't have school to get in the way. I do have job searching and with luck my search will not be futile. But yeah. Now I have no excuse.
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Date: 2012-10-26 04:27 am (UTC)I always start stories, but then I don't know how to finish them, and therefore I never have anything to show anyone that I am, in fact, a writer.
I want to start a daily writing habit that I won't be able to break.
Plus, this year I'm not in school and I will only be working the last to weeks of November, so if people can do it with a full time course load at school AND a job, I have no excuse not to win, right?