{"id":1407,"date":"2011-11-05T15:53:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T22:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2017-04-08T20:59:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T03:59:47","slug":"ahead-of-where-i-need-to-be-behind-where-i-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/05\/ahead-of-where-i-need-to-be-behind-where-i-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of where I need to be, behind where I want to be"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I’m ahead of schedule for Nanowrimo … or am I? I’ve been determined and lucky enough to complete at least 1667 words every day, so I’m ahead of where I have to be. But I’m trying to be crazy this year. At first I thought I would do TWO books, but now I’m thinking I want to do ONE book at twice the rate.<\/p>\n

Why do this to myself? Well, one reason would be to finish early. I could start a second book if I wanted to, or finish the first book, or, God forbid, actually use the week of vacation I’ve taken Thanksgiving week as a fricking vacation rather than a writing marathon.<\/p>\n

Or maybe it’s because it takes Nanowrimo out of a safe place. Unlike 24 Hour Comics Day<\/a>, I’ve succeeded every time I’d tried at Nanowrimo<\/a>. Trying to write twice as fast takes me out of that comfort zone. If I fail, well, I’ll still almost certainly succeed at the Nano challenge. If I succeed, well … then maybe I can write 100,000 words in a month.<\/p>\n

And the most important thing about writing is writing<\/em>. The more you write, the better you get. (The second most important thing is getting prompt, high quality feedback; the third most important thing is taking the feedback seriously and acting on it. But I digress).<\/p>\n

I’ve finished today’s quota of 1,667 words. But yesterday I slacked, also only writing about 1,667 words. To keep up the accelerated pace, I need to catch up, to write almost 3000 more words today. But it’s only 3:52 in the afternoon, and I have the whole day ahead of me. <\/p>\n

So here’s seeing what I can do … and I don’t think I can lose, either way.<\/p>\n

-teh Centaur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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