On any given day/hour/moment in the month of November, I
will likely be experiencing one of the following stages. The stages can happen
in any order and come and go with little or no warning. I can’t speak for any other Wrimos, but I’m
really hoping that I’m not the only one.
Stage One: It’s only 1,667 words per day and I have the best
idea for a novel ever. What could possibly be so difficult about this? (this
morphs into “oh I’ve got plenty of
time. I can easily write the last however many words in the time I have left”,
usually followed by blind panic)
Stage Two: This is the dumbest idea anyone ever thought of.
What is the point of even writing something so utterly terrible?
Stage Three: I’m actually a pretty good writer, even if this
is the lamest story ever told.
Stage Four: No one will be able to resist reading this book.
Best. Story. Ever.
Stage Five: That’s it. My brain is completely fried. All of
my characters have abandoned me. Is it too late to start over?
Stage Six: Wait, that doesn’t make sense with what I wrote
on page three. If I just went back and tweaked the beginning… AGHH, I’VE RUINED
EVERYTHING!
Stage Seven: Shitty
first drafts. Shitty first drafts. It’s the natural order of things. Just keep
writing.
Stage Eight: Ahoy! I’m a novelist! I’m writing a novel! Holy
cow!
Stage Nine: I’ll
never be able to pick up this wave of inspiration again if I stop now. Who
needs sleep anyway?
Stage Ten: I cannot go any further until I complete some
essential research. And by complete essential research, I mean Google things
for three hours.
What are some stages you go through during NaNo?
What are some stages you go through during NaNo?
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