NaNoWri/EdMo
From Lauren’s email today: Turn your back on March Madness for the next two days. Let your significant other feed the kids or the dog. It will all still be there next month.
This sentence made me pause, and think for a moment. The dog might not be there next month.
So I gave myself permission to fail at NaNoEdMo. This month I put in almost 40 hours of solid editing on my novel. But I don’t write in a vacuum, and I have a dog in part because I used to freelance and got lonely at home all day. My attention is on my dog when he’s sick, because I know his is on me all the rest of the time. So, I failed at NaNoEdMo, failed to devote myself completely to the project, failed to really focus.
And I’m not even a little sorry.
firetigr wrote:
What’s there to feel sorry about? Your pup is more than a pet to you - he’s family, probably more like a child.
Posted on 29-Mar-04 at 1:51 pm | Permalink
mullenkamp wrote:
*nods* After today’s posts, I suppose you can probably guess I feel the same.
Pets are living beings. The stories can sit in a notebook or on a disk or whatever for years and still be exactly as you left them.
Posted on 29-Mar-04 at 2:27 pm | Permalink
halfawake wrote:
You didn’t fail at anything. NaNoEdMo is an online project which isn’t nearly as important as the comfort of Hammer. I’m sure you did a good amount of editing. And you can pick it up next week, next month, or next year if you wish. Back it up if you like, but as said, the story isn’t going any where.
Posted on 29-Mar-04 at 4:24 pm | Permalink
chipb0i wrote:
Wonderful! You got further than I did - I never even wrote a novel, much less had one to edit. But sometimes, things just become unimportant due to whats going on in life.
Have fun with your doggie.
Y’all are in my thoughts.
Posted on 29-Mar-04 at 5:34 pm | Permalink
layer wrote:
i don’t consider it a failure at all. hey, you got 10x the hour count i did. and in your case, the failure would be not to be there for your darling in his time of need.
Posted on 30-Mar-04 at 3:12 am | Permalink
mortaine wrote:
Yes. Give yourself permission to fail, too, and for much the same reason this year, k?
Posted on 30-Mar-04 at 3:27 am | Permalink
layer wrote:
yeah, i’ve already thrown in the towel. figured enabling other folks to meet their hours was enough. besides, at 4.5 hours logged, there’s no way in hell i could make it now.
Posted on 30-Mar-04 at 4:39 am | Permalink
jencottrell wrote:
Children(dogs) are something you can not plan on…they are a variable that constantly needs flexibility…and in being a parent/guardian/owner you make a “deal” to be flexible. You haven’t failed you have become more flexible that’s all.
Posted on 31-Mar-04 at 1:42 am | Permalink