A true story, just in case you didn't believe me about my serious (serious!) need for coffee.
Me, before drinking a Kaldi's white chocolate soy latte:
What was I thinking, signing up for Nanowrimo this year? I mean, 50,000 words in a month? Who does that? Honestly, who does that? It's insane. And it's going to wreck this novel idea, too.
(Sigh. Check word count again, sullenly.)
And it's a shame to wreck a good novel idea. At least, I used to like it. Not so sure now. Are these characters even human any more? They seem to say "instead" a lot.
(Check word count again. Stare at the word count. Blink a few times.)
That's it. I think I'm going to quit. I'm allowed to quit, I didn't pay anyone for this, no one can make me finish. It's not like it's "failure," either, if I stop Nanowrimo. I mean, honestly. It's Nanowrimo. Nobody dies if I don't finish.
And maybe this year, it was a mistake. This November's pretty busy. Crazy busy. A dumb idea, really, to write fifty thousand words in such a busy month.
Yeah, it was a mistake. I can say that. I'm allowed to make mistakes, right?
It was a mistake. I'm going to quit. I'll just--tell everyone. Hey. I'm quitting. Who needs it.
I AM TOTALLY QUITTING.
...
Me, after drinking a Kaldi's white chocolate soy latte:
What a beautiful evening. This is seriously a fabulous evening!! Gorgeous.
Oh, I love my desk. This is a wonderful desk.
And here are all my characters again. HI, CHARACTERS! I love you alllll. And I love writing about you. You say the best things. You make me laugh. All this stuff about feet is truly witty.
Look, I've just revised my schedule. This is how I'm going to complete Nanowrimo on time. Why haven't I thought of it in these terms before? Look at that plan! It looks so EASY! So much fun!
I love this!
I love writing! I love my novel! I love Nanowrimo! Woo hoo!!
And now I'm going to get some more words in, and talk really fast to everyone in my family, and then clean my room, and maybe finish knitting this scarf, and then add a few more lines to this novel...
Yeah.
I wasn't kidding. Coffee is a vital part of my writing strategy. Always.
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Isn't if funny how a break can help? I did not write one word yesterday. Today I got up and said, enough. I will not continue this craziness. Then I checked the nano stats and though it's kind of shame to quit in the middle! The middle that is exactly what the pep talk was about right? So I sat down, watched my video vision movie (my own jump start to a happy day) and decided to once more go for it. sigh only 1000 words to go for today.
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