NaNoWriMo 2010
Nov. 6th, 2010 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bare_bearI'm signing up.
We'll, sort of. A few weeks ago,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maderr made a shout out post for a friend of hers that was looking to start a support community for those joining in on mini nanowrimo, and that got me thinking. I've been having a hard time forcing myself to sit down and write this bloody thesis, and based on how determined I was to complete the wardrobe contest this past summer, I've learned that I do well when I'm challenged in something like this.
Actually, that explains my efficiency when I'm doing something last minute.
See, the point of NaNoWriMo is to force you to write a 50,000 word story in the month of November. It's not about quality, it's completely about quantity, and is simply a tool to get you writing. With mini NaNoWriMo, you set your target word count, and people will pledge a certain value of words per day, usually less than the 1667 words/day required for the regular NaNoWriMo.
I need to be forced, to be motivated to write this thesis, and I haven't been thus far. What I've come up with is just crap because I'm over-thinking everything. But by committing myself to a certain word limit a day, I'll be forcing myself to write every day, and I know from past experience that it gets easier to write as you get going. Well, usually. *crosses fingers*
Since I need a certain amount of quality in this, I'm not going to write the whole 50,000 words this month. That just can't happen when I need to do proper research and citation, and generate figures along the way. However, I will set a daily word count for the rest of November (wasn't going to happen in the first few days of this month due to the conference).
I, Heather (bare_bear), pledge to write at least 600 words (or two pages double spaced) of thesis writing every day for the month of November. I will also hold myself accountable by posting my daily word count and status on my livejournal and dreamwidth accounts.
I figured I'd start off with a bang today, since I feel guilty for starting nearly a week into the month.
The 15,000 value is based on 600 words for the remaining 25 days in November. However, that does not mean I'll stop writing when I hit 15,000. My thesis is going to wind up much longer than that! If I find I can write more than that a day, sweet. But I know some days I'll be stuck dicking around with graphs and doing lots of research, so I don't want to commit to an impossible daily word count, especially since I struggle writing. Now I just wish I could write efficiently on the computer, rather than writing everything out by hand and then typing it in. I killed 14 pages of paper today!
*excited to use all her shiny new nanowrimo icons she gathered last night while procrastinating from the thesis*
We'll, sort of. A few weeks ago,
maderr made a shout out post for a friend of hers that was looking to start a support community for those joining in on mini nanowrimo, and that got me thinking. I've been having a hard time forcing myself to sit down and write this bloody thesis, and based on how determined I was to complete the wardrobe contest this past summer, I've learned that I do well when I'm challenged in something like this. Actually, that explains my efficiency when I'm doing something last minute.
See, the point of NaNoWriMo is to force you to write a 50,000 word story in the month of November. It's not about quality, it's completely about quantity, and is simply a tool to get you writing. With mini NaNoWriMo, you set your target word count, and people will pledge a certain value of words per day, usually less than the 1667 words/day required for the regular NaNoWriMo.
I need to be forced, to be motivated to write this thesis, and I haven't been thus far. What I've come up with is just crap because I'm over-thinking everything. But by committing myself to a certain word limit a day, I'll be forcing myself to write every day, and I know from past experience that it gets easier to write as you get going. Well, usually. *crosses fingers*
Since I need a certain amount of quality in this, I'm not going to write the whole 50,000 words this month. That just can't happen when I need to do proper research and citation, and generate figures along the way. However, I will set a daily word count for the rest of November (wasn't going to happen in the first few days of this month due to the conference).
I, Heather (bare_bear), pledge to write at least 600 words (or two pages double spaced) of thesis writing every day for the month of November. I will also hold myself accountable by posting my daily word count and status on my livejournal and dreamwidth accounts.
I figured I'd start off with a bang today, since I feel guilty for starting nearly a week into the month.
1589 / 15000 (10.59%)
The 15,000 value is based on 600 words for the remaining 25 days in November. However, that does not mean I'll stop writing when I hit 15,000. My thesis is going to wind up much longer than that! If I find I can write more than that a day, sweet. But I know some days I'll be stuck dicking around with graphs and doing lots of research, so I don't want to commit to an impossible daily word count, especially since I struggle writing. Now I just wish I could write efficiently on the computer, rather than writing everything out by hand and then typing it in. I killed 14 pages of paper today!
*excited to use all her shiny new nanowrimo icons she gathered last night while procrastinating from the thesis*
