We interupt this broadcast – to do some research. I guess the weekend’s mammoth effort of putting down 5000 words a day tapped me out for a while. I managed to finish off the chapter and scene I’d been working on yesterday, but can’t find the motivation to go onto the next one.
Still, I’ve puddled around with some research, now needed to move the plot further forward in some upcoming chapters. And as I have some catchups with some other challenges, will end my writing efforts offically for the day.
Chris Baty sent through a pep-talk email over the weekend to NaNoWriMo participants, suggesting that this – Week 2, may find us demotivated, as we go from character into plot. Week 2 is meant to be the toughest week.
I think I went through Week 2 last week, looking back. Not helped by my physical and medical condition in the middle of it. I don’t feel the same today, despite only completing 2000 words. I think the novel, at this point, naturally needs a bit of a breather, after pushing over that hump through the weekend. And so do I.
Ironically, at 40,000 words, 9 days, and 80% of the target goal, I would find it far too amusing now, to simply walk away from it all, leaving me unsuccessful, but ever so close. The thought keeps niggling at me, sitting on my shoulder – Go on, go on…leave it at near success. How funny would that be? Go on…
Little demon, get out of me. And it might be somewhat discounting of the effort I have put into this one, and to those still struggling with their own demons in pushing through NaNoWriMo for their own selves.
So it’s a good thing that I’m documenting this in public, to keep me motivated enough to not play the rebel, me thinks. Keeping me on the straight-up. Yes, I will get the darned thing finished. Yes I will.
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