NaNo looms...help!

[alliecat8]

I have an October dilemma. It's the 8th, right? That means I've got 23 days to decide if I'm gonna do NaNo this year. (For those who don't know NaNo, that's National Novel Writing Month which is November, and I've written two NaNo novels in the last two years.) I want to do it, like, a LOT, but the last two years I left for my birthday vacation on the last day of the month, so I only had one less day to finish. This year I'm leaving on the 27th, meaning I'll have FOUR less days to finish. *does the math* That means I've gotta write 1,923 words a day to get the required 50,000, instead of the 1,724 I had to write the other 2 times. That's 200 more words, and when you're writing almost 2,000 a day, that's a LOT of words! Also, last year's novel is a MESS, and I'd kinda rather edit it and post it, since I've already made a home for it at everafter_verse. But I really really want a 2008 NaNo banner! I dunno, y'all! Tell me what to DO!!!!!

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[isis2015.livejournal.com]

I'm conflicted about NaNo. I've never been able to do it because I've been in school, but now that I'm not, I conceivably could. But I'm a slow writer and I don't have an idea. So...I guess I'll mull it over for a month. Maybe I'll get an idea (and some courage wouldn't hurt either).

[alliecat8.livejournal.com]

Y'know, Amanda, this just might be your year. I mean, you don't have to have a lofty idea -- Lord knows I never have -- you can write a fanfic novel if you want. I really think you can do it. Write a novel about Sun. Write about her childhood and her marriage and her life in the present. Write about what you think her future might be like. Or write something completely different and take a break from fanfic for a while. The beauty of NaNo is that you can do WHATEVER you want. Go for it! I'm gonna go for it too, so we can hold each other's hands...metaphorically speaking, since our hands will be *very busy* in November! ;)