12 hours until I have to decide if I dare do nanowrimo

[jack]

12 hours until I have to decide if I dare do nanowrimo. My head is filling with worldbuilding ideas, but no plot. Are fictional encyclopedias a thing yet?

More seriously, I'm less rushed off my feet than most years, but I'm busy with lots of stuff, I'm not sure I can devote enough time this month to writing a whole novel. But I do want to devote more time to blitzing on a hobby for a little bit, especially ones where I have something to show for it afterwards.

Who ended up doing yuletide this year?

Is anyone trying NaNoWriMo?

(Usual disclaimer: Every year when people talk about nanowrimo someone gets really defensive and says "everyone who does NaNoWriMo thinks a 50k word unedited novel is a path to instant published success". I don't know anyone who thinks that, if you want to debunk that idea, please go find someone who believes it and don't try to persuade me :))

Comments

[rmc28]

I'm doing yuletide, I'm definitely NOT doing nanowrimo.

I'd like to write more than one 1000+ word story for yuletide. From experience, I know I can turn out a story fairly quickly, once I'm confident in my canon and have a plot idea, so if I make time for it, I should be able to turn out several stories. It's that "making time for it" that is the issue.

(Maybe I should make a mini project-plan)

[jack]

Maybe I should make a mini project-plan

That seems like an obviously good idea, as long as you don't spend too long obsessing over it. Having a general idea of how much time you need (and how much downtime inbetween writing you might need) seems an obvious way to not get caught short without realising you don't have time...