My sister (also a writer, and a thumpin good one at that!) said some clever things about writing. The thing that stands out in my mind is the concept of the "shitty first draft." The idea is that you can't sweat about if it blows or not- you just write it, put words down and let it go. First drafts are SUPPOSED to be shitty. They are, by definition, not perfect. Not right. Not good. And I think that's the whole point of NaNo: to get words on paper and re-write and edit them LATER. This month, you write. Next month, you evaluate whether or not the idea is good enough to bother editing it to make it better.
I love the idea of NaNo, and have been thinking about using it to write my thesis. Notice of course that I have done exactly NADA on this so far. :(
KEEP WRITING!! DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!
Just my 2 cents, of course. Do whatever you please.
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Date: 2006-11-08 05:24 am (UTC)I love the idea of NaNo, and have been thinking about using it to write my thesis. Notice of course that I have done exactly NADA on this so far. :(
KEEP WRITING!! DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!
Just my 2 cents, of course. Do whatever you please.