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

[jack]

Yay :)

[ceb]

What did you decide in the end?

[jack]

:) I hammered out 1600 words last night after the halloween party and evaluated how I felt. I decided it was fun, but I didn't think I'd get the best results by trying to do that every day for a month, I'd do better by spending more time on other hobbies (programming, again, finally, if I can!) and doing regular but not as intense practice of actually practising writing prose, which I think I need practise on.