Friday, April 2, 2021

My Love/Hate Relationship With NaNoWriMo

 


I love everything about Nanowrimo. I love the community, the authortube videos, the motivation boost it inspires in aspiring writers. What I don't like is the fact that I always sign up for nano and never win because I fall behind, get discouraged, and inevitably give up. I know someone out there is going to say that the problem is with me, not nanowrimo itself, and that's fair. However, now every November I've learned to just stay away from the new projects page and just enjoy the social media content that goes with it. Sadly, while nanowrimo can be a great motivator for some, it's become a toxic affirmation of me failures and I really don’t need to keep putting myself through that.

 

Thankfully, nanowrimo has a way more approachable sibling, camp nanowrimo, which lets you set your own writing related goal. You can set your own writing, editing, or drafting goal instead of the set 50,000 words in 30 days. This makes it easier to set more realistic and attainable goals (at least for me).

 

This camp I'm committing to writing every single day for at least 30 minutes. It may not seem like a lot to some but I'm a burst writer (I write a lot in the span of a few days, burn out, and don't write for weeks) and  my goal is to build up a habit of consistent writing.

 

Remember camp nanowrimo is not a competition. It's about helping YOU achieve YOUR goals. ANY PROGRESS IS STILL PROGRESS, no matter how small. I'm hoping this camp will help me built up confidence and consistency - the kind of writer that can sit down and commit to write every day - no matter who many words I may write.

 

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Are you participating in camp nanowrimo? What's your writing goal? Let me know and have a lovely Friday!

 



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