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Yeah, I totally want to do it, just not this month...

2009-11-05T22:32:44.594-08:00

Yeah, I totally want to do it, just not this month! Maybe if it were January, after the holidays...but I really think the whole group pressure thing would help, and I'm guessing they only do this once a year?

But right now, it's all about the knitting! After all, that is also something that I've been wanting to do, and am finally getting around to doing. :)

Ok, I'm going to say two contradictory things,...

2009-11-04T22:06:12.177-08:00

Ok, I'm going to say two contradictory things, and you decide how you want to reconcile them:

1. On the one hand, there's never a good time to write a novel. That's kind of the point of NaNoWriMo, to use group pressure and cameraderie to get you to do something you'd otherwise never get around to. I started NaNoWriMo almost a week late last year and still made it to the end in time.

2. I'm all about encouraging balance (as one of my latest posts can attest), so if doing NaNoWriMo would be harmful to you or prevent you from doing the other things you want to do this month, then it's not worth pressuring yourself over it. If you're on a wave of knitting, then maybe it's the time for you to keep riding that.

So there you are. Do it. Don't do it. Your call. It sounds like you've already decided, and I hope that means this month will be more relaxing for you than mine will for me. :) Hope to have you as a writing buddy next year!

Ak! I missed this post. I'm behind on everythi...

2009-11-04T19:01:28.641-08:00

Ak! I missed this post. I'm behind on everything (as I pick up new activities like knitting to make myself even busier!). I really want to take on this challenge, but I feel so swamped! I keep feeling the need to write this novel that's been poking around in my brain for the last several years. But now is NOT a good time!