More NaNo Questions/Random

[muji]

And lemme know if I start getting old, yeah? It's just this:

I just got home from eight hours solid of staring at a computer screen. At the exact same computer file. How does one do that and then come home for one's daily Nano'ing? Do I just lack endurance?

Also: who is doing original and who is doing fanfic? *curious*

Comments

[scurlock]

I don't know if I'd be able to do it. Thankfully I'm ahead on my novel still and so I'm rewatching Doc and Billy's canon and doing transcripts of important scenes instead. Mmm, westerns.

My novel's original.

[misslucyjane]

You might want to take an hour or so to not look at a computer screen--read or watch TV or knit or something--before you get to writing. A break to change gears is always helpful no matter what you're doing.

[naelwyn.livejournal.com]

I'm not doing Nano, but have you tried good ol' pen and paper? Sometimes when I'm tired of sitting in front of my computer typing I like to step away and write down the story for awhile. Which usually lasts until the thoughts come to fast for me to write and I need to go type them down.

Also, like the above suggested, reading, watching TV, knitting, et cetra. Anything to just get away from the computer for an hour or two before going back to it.

[newredshoes]

I'm finding that a notebook and pen are working wonders for my wordcount! I banged out more than 2200 words on Sunday -- and you can always slip in more when you're typing.

Also, am doing original. It feels marrrrvelous. :)

[gramarye1971]

That's essentially why I'm not doing NaNo. I can't sit and edit things for eight hours a day and then come home and pretty much do the same thing to my own work, alas. So I'm sticking to various academic projects that would probably need doing anyway. ^^;;

[silveraspen]

I applaud the effort, both on your part and on anyone else's who's taking on NaNo.

I am still struggling with the "too much" factor myself, though. Perhaps next year.