Timeline for What's gained from NaNoWriMo?
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| Nov 3, 2017 at 12:14 | vote | accept | Zeiss Ikon | ||
| Nov 2, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 18:20 | comment | added | Aspen the Artist and Author | @ZeissIkon, you need to lighten up a bit. Actually, a lot a bit. | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 17:03 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | @AspenRand There's a good reason I try to avoid people who "accomplish things" -- because they always make it my fault that I don't. Maybe it is my fault -- because I know my limitations. One of those is that I find it demoralizing to have goals that are impossible. And I don't care how many people have "done the impossible" by finishing a NaNoWriMo: My life and my limitations aren't theirs, and aren't yours. | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 16:55 | comment | added | Aspen the Artist and Author | @ZeissIkon, dude, chill | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 15:52 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | @AspenRand What, that I try to avoid setting a goal I have no chance of achieving? Or that I know in advance I'm not able to squeeze a couple hours a day out of my schedule to write, so know I can't possibly manage 1667 words a day for thirty days in a row? | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 15:20 | comment | added | Aspen the Artist and Author | @ZeissIkon. That is the saddest thing I have ever read. | |
| Nov 2, 2017 at 11:04 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | @AspenRand Or, what is lost is one more unrealistic (with my schedule) goal failed. | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 20:22 | comment | added | Aspen the Artist and Author | What is gained is a successful potential novel of your very own | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 17:54 | answer | added | user16226 | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Oct 25, 2017 at 17:47 | history | suggested | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I had to go look it up. Now perhaps someone else won't have to.
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 16:55 | answer | added | Beanluc | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 16:50 | answer | added | Andrew Neely | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 15:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWriters/status/923210256242696192 | ||
| Oct 25, 2017 at 15:09 | comment | added | SFWriter | From my perspective there is no point to it. I don't have a problem writing loads of words. I wouldn't have been able to when the kids were younger though, and when I was working two jobs. I think it helps some folks who are blocked. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:56 | answer | added | Amadeus | timeline score: 14 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:52 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:41 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:34 | comment | added | Benubird | This looks more like a rant with a ? on the end of it than an actual question, what are you actually asking here? | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:29 | answer | added | Mike.C.Ford | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:29 | comment | added | sudowoodo | "Give up everything else in your life". Only for a month, though. I think the point you’re missing is that while many of us cannot possibly give that kind of sacrifice every day of our lives, it’s a worthwhile exercise to push ourselves and make those sacrifices for just one month. Afterwards you’ll have a much better idea of how much time/energy/coffee you’re willing to give/ give up. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 14:06 | history | edited | Zeiss Ikon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:58 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | I've heard that argument for decades. It basically boils down to "give up everything else in your life". if I were willing and able to do that, I wouldn't be asking this question. Just for a start, I give myself an hour and a half to wake up and eat breakfast before leaving home in the morning. Cut that by an hour (in order to go to bed an hour later to gain writing time), and I'd have to eat on the road; I'd also be leaving home before my coffee has kicked in. Sure, "excuses". I live the way I live because it works for me. Change it, and it won't. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 13:40 | comment | added | Chaotic | We generally have more free time than we think. Even with eight hours of sleep + nine hours of work + two hours of commute + two hours for breakfast/dinner/bath, that still gives you 3 hours a day. On weekends you have more, let's say you can spare 5 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday = total 25 hours per week, 100+ per month, 1200+ per year. You do with your free time what you love. If you love writing, then you write. A friend of mine wrote everyday during commute (speech recognition), during lunch and dinner. He is a published author now. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:39 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | I certainly wish I worked for an employer that gave me that time -- I get two weeks of paid vacation, plus six paid holidays (and five sick days, but I can't take those to write, I need them for doctor visits and actual illness). I already write two mornings every weekend, but I don't find I can hold my momentum, and I'm not willing to give up sleep or "rest" activities, for health and safety reasons. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:20 | comment | added | J.G. | As FraEnrico notes, it's a challenge you're welcome to customise. You probably have about a month's worth of time off work per annum, depending on many factors; you could write a novel over the course of a year that way. Personally I write on my phone while commuting (I take the bus), which isn't an option for you; but everyone has their own options. Maybe you could do 15 weekends. | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:15 | answer | added | FraEnrico | timeline score: 32 | |
| Oct 25, 2017 at 12:00 | history | asked | Zeiss Ikon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |