I have signed up again into nanowrimo.
My user name there is sugar sweet if anyone wants to chat.
The idea of the site is to give writing supports to allow you to churn out as much of a manuscript as you can. There are people there rewriting and doing other things that aren't novels as well. Only about seven percent actually finish, (and a lot of those tend to be mutants with the super power of fast writing and so are not applicable to the norm).
I am almost certain I won't make the word count, but according to their estimates, if I keep writing at the same pace, in ten weeks I will have 50000 words. Starting off the new year with a new book pushed out doesn't seem a bad thing, overall.
I don't see the point in not participating in the actual site when it has so many supports available, just because I am most likely to be filed off into the overwhelming majority of participators that are not finishers by the end of the event. I mean there were already four lessons on plotting and structuring, convincing characters and they have lists of names and plot adoptables, and you can score a free cover. Also if you like cafes with wine or are partial to a nice bite of tea, they have communal write ins at a spot near you.
I love the encouraging words from famous authors, and the word sprints are hilarious.
You see its not like a well manned expedition, overall. Not Everest or the Apollo landing.
More like the retreat from Dunkirk, where every little boat possible every hand helped, where no one ever thought they could by and of themselves. But together, all the little helps together saved an army and won the battle thought lost.
Sometimes with help we can do the impossible, and sometimes knowing that and believing that is all the difference between a modest success and remaining mired in failure's mindset.
