Obligatory NaNoWriMo post

[cjsmith]

Yes, I really really really want to.

No, I absolutely can't justify it, not sanely. I'm out of town seven days in November, I'm calling two square dance weekends (one long), I work at a startup where we have a deadline...

Therefore I propose a set of guidelines for myself.

1. If by October 31 I do not have enough square dance material already written, imported into CSDS, and backed up electronically in two places, for all events at which I will call during November, I am not allowed to start NaNoWriMo.
2. In addition, if by October 31 I do not have a plot outline, including character names, key turning points for all subplots, and all worldbuilding complete, I am not allowed to start NaNoWriMo. (None of this "figure it out on the fly" crap. I write much faster to spec, and I need speed.)
3. If at the end of any day during November I am behind on word count when compared to the nominal 1667 words per day for NaNoWriMo, I am out of the race. (None of this "catching up" crap. Extra energy in the latter part of the month is reserved for the deadline at work.)

Hold me to it, people. I'm not going to lie about what I've got done. Public Shaming if I feed the addiction rather than honoring my obligations.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hey, it works! Every time I do this I learn something, whether I do it "right" or not. (My last year's entry was a lot of silliness and random creativity; it certainly wasn't cohesive enough to count as a novel. Still it was a good exercise.)