It took me years to write, will you take a look?

[cyrano]

Well you're sittin' in your little room
and you're working on something good
but if it's really good
you're gonna need a bigger room
and when you're in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started
sittin' in your little room

This is the song that's been in my head for the past two weeks. For those of you not on the FaceBook juggernaut, last night (with 20 minutes to spare) I finished "Young Bones Groan", the Ashworth Academy fanfic that I started in March. Well. Except for two metaphors and the details regarding a magical ritual where I grabbed myself by the collar and growled "do not get bogged down in research! keep writing! go back later!"
Which is kind of like telling a Marine that "he's only got one gunshot wound, he can crawl to safety and we'll pick him up later". NOOOOOOO! MY METAPHOR! NO WORD LEFT BEHIND!
But I did completed the November Project, and I'm very pleased. But I can't slow down, because honestly at the rate of production last month, slowing down means stopping. And I have the December Project, the March Project, the Personal Project, and also going back and smoothing and refining the November Project for March.
So here's where I take ten minutes to bask in my glow, because baby do I glow, and then put my shoulder to the word processor. Maybe I'll investigate Yarny. (Feel free to offer advice on it.)

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I've liked Yarny quite a bit. However, I would recommend exporting with some regularity - a friend had it eat almost 2000 of her words, and it *is* still a beta product.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee.

Good job, yo. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It's not a novel, but I *finished*. And I can put so many of the pieces together--good idea, interest in the idea, reasonable skill at writing--that it's frustrating when most projects get dropped because I just don't stay with it. (Looks like about six thousand words to this, when I finish.)

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Honestly? 50,000 words is no longer considered a saleable novel, IIRC.

I take NaNoWriMo for the spirit of what it's supposed to be rather than the snobbery it's turned into: it's to have the dedication to set out for a project that is an investment of time, energy, and stick-to-itiveness and actually finish it.

You stuck to it and you finished, when it sounds like you haven't been able to before? That's a huge accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourself. :) You know now you can do it, which means that if you decide to do it again...you have that much mental advantage.

Yes? :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

In fact, I'm planning on submitting for a *paying* gig--that's December Project--if I can keep up the momentum. Maybe collect my first rejection note since I graduated. (:

[irismoonlight.livejournal.com]

Way to go! Congrats! I didn't realize you were doing NaNo! Awesome!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, NNWM collided head on with external "I have been travelling a lot the past six months and now I'm done" shut down and internal onset depression. But I am pleased that I managed to beat a short story out of the month. (:

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Yay you! That's awesome.

My writing got derailed by the holidays, but I'm starting to pick up steam again.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I know you said 'call when you get a chance' but I'm having awful luck reaching you. What's a good time to find you at home?

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Are you calling the land line or the cell? I lost my cell phone a while ago and haven't replaced it yet. Also, I don't tend to pick up if I don't recognize the number, so leave a message on voice mail and I'll 1) call you back, and 2) add your number to the list of calls I don't need to screen.