It's beyond obvious that my attempt at NaNoWriMo failed. There are way too many reasons/excuses/difficulties/etc. Honestly though, I think this recent blog post explains it: Is the Fear Monster Eating Your Words?
I qualify for at least two of those reasons. I think the idea of writing got too big for me and I got scared. Instead of sitting down with Scrivener and actually writing, I was writing scene "notes" in a spiral notebook. Basically, I had the scene in my head so strongly, but in being too afraid to write it all down, I wrote what I wanted it to do and where I wanted it to go, so that I wouldn't lose it and I'd be able to come back to it when I was ready to write. That hasn't happened.
School is getting ready to start soon, and I'll be back into my studently ways of falling behind in my classes. While at the same time, I'll be teaching for the first time ever, teaching two classes, teaching two college-level classes! I'm just going to have to go with the flow and keep writing down my notes until I can address them and write.
Although I failed at NaNoWriMo, I don't consider it a fail because I finally started writing something. And starting is the hardest part for me. So now that it's started, I fully intend to finish it. And I only give myself until the end of the year to get my first draft done because I have to pay for my student loans somehow when I graduate in two years....
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