So, I was lying here tonight, with homework/paper stuff in front of me on my bed, and with the knowledge that I planned and had time to work on schoolwork tonight.
I wrote.
So, I would like to come out and just say it:
I am Sarah Ann, and I'm addicted to NaNo.
It's been four days since my addiction reappeared in my life and... I'm thinking I'll be able to get over it in under four weeks, but I will need much help along the way.
Is anyone else facing the same sort of problems as they plow ahead to 50k? (Or more!)
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125,559 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 20 27
*raises hand*
I discovered I had this problem at about midnight on Halloween. I didn't think it was that bad - 50K didn't sound *too* scary - but um, my new goal is a bit more scary...it might take longer than four weeks to overcome, I might need a lot of help. I also write at work....I should stop doing that...
:3
Hi, my name is Cid and I have a writing problem....
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Nov 4, 2009 - 20 33
Hello Cid.
What's your new goal? Because together, we can work through this. ;)
I have another confession. I cannot part from the Forums for reasons I have not been made aware by my conscious mind. (See that there? Four extra words than my original sentence. Oooh yeah baby.)
29,899 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 22 28
Hi. My name is Grady. And I don't have a writing problem. If you think I have a writing problem, it is you that has a problem, not me :D Further endeavors to convince me that I have a writing problem may result in your sudden appearance in my novel, from which there will be no escape.
:^D
Now, where did I put that hyperbole...
See you at the finish line!
Grady
----------NaNoWriMo 2005/2007 Winner -- The Storm (WIP)
NaNoWriMo 2006 Winner -- Dragon Secrets (WIP)
Script Frenzy 2007 Winner -- The Choice
NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner -- The Shifter
NaNoWriMo 2009 -- The Lion's Roar
62,207 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 22 44
:^D
Now, where did I put that hyperbole...
See you at the finish line!
Grady
It ain't just a river in Egypt, is it Grady? ;)
----------Indecision May Or May Not Be My Problem.
2005 - "Thieves At Heart" -Lost - WIP
2006 - lost
2007 - "The Dytek Enterprises Field Agent Handbook" - Win! - WIP
2008 - "Rendor Paxon (working title) Win! WIP
2009 - "Hunt Starfire's Phantom Phliers" Win! WI
125,559 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 06
Um, it's more of a range. Something between 100K & 150K I think would actually fit what I'm writing. Witht he exception of this weekend I'm going to try to average 5K a day and see how far that gets me in my novel...I'm almost a halfway to 50K and I"m writing chapter 3 of 18 :P
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Nov 5, 2009 - 07 58
I'm feeling a bit compelled by all this. In that I am getting my word count out, it is going well. However, I go back and forth on the actual viability of what I am writing. Is it any good at all? Ugh, some of it is horribly bad. Plot is going in weird places I hadn't intended. I am fascinated by this thing and actually feeling a little out of control. Is this what it's like to have an addiction? I'm not sure.
Whoops, it's almost the top of the hour-- time for a word war!
47,750 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 08 31
I'm Joanna and, I, too, am addicted. I toss and turn, dreaming about my storyline, trying to improve it. My husband eats sandwiches and Hot Pockets. The dog and cat sit at my feet, wondering where their mom went. Only hockey and sleep pull me away. And worst of all, I don't have an ending for my novel!!! Ticonderoga # 2, take me away!!!
62,207 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 08 45
*stands up* I'm Derek and I suffer from LWCD - Low Word Count Disorder. I'm on the 50,000 step program, but I'm beginning to doubt that just the 50,000 steps will be enough to help me solve my problem.
----------Indecision May Or May Not Be My Problem.
2005 - "Thieves At Heart" -Lost - WIP
2006 - lost
2007 - "The Dytek Enterprises Field Agent Handbook" - Win! - WIP
2008 - "Rendor Paxon (working title) Win! WIP
2009 - "Hunt Starfire's Phantom Phliers" Win! WI
29,899 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 10 58
Welcome to NaNo, Crispini. :D
What you're experiencing is very common for NaNo. And if you think those feelings are bad this week, wait until next week! The trick is to push through those feelings. And remember, this is just a first draft and first drafts are always crap. That's why we edit what we write. To make it better. So I wouldn't worry. You're feeling exactly what you're supposed to for NaNo ;)
Keep pushing, and I'll see you at the finish line!
Grady
----------NaNoWriMo 2005/2007 Winner -- The Storm (WIP)
NaNoWriMo 2006 Winner -- Dragon Secrets (WIP)
Script Frenzy 2007 Winner -- The Choice
NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner -- The Shifter
NaNoWriMo 2009 -- The Lion's Roar
46,652 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 11 12
Hello, I am Linda and I am a wanna-be writer-aholic. Please tell me what you all are on, 'cause I want some of it.
----------NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner -- A Special Case (Horror/Urban Fantasy)
NaNoWriMo 2009 -- Death Can Wait (Mainstreem Fiction)
51,212 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 11 26
What we're on you can't smoke, drink, or snort.
And those who get the reference get some Homer-ahol. ;)
Welcome everyone to WA! And if you feel like it, you can just go "wa-wa-wa!" I know, I get so clever when working on homework and studying.
I challenge those of you who ARE you for your addiction (don't taunt the addicts) we can begin the 12 step program together. The first step was admitting it.. and I see some of us are still having trouble admitting to this problem. Why not write it out?
40,297 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 15 46
*raises hand*
My name is Michelle, and I'm an addict.
*deep breath*
My addiction began when I found the NaNo website and learned of this thing called National Novel Writing Month. For the next two weeks all I did was PLOT, PLOT, PLOT... As the days ticked down to Halloween night, I realized that I was in serious withdraw.... I needed to write. If I didn't write soon my head would explode with un-written words that bounced dangerously inside the confines of my skull.
When midnight hit, I was so confused about the daylight savings time thing I waited another hour as I paced the floors, chewed my nails, and glanced at the clock every two minutes. At one o'clock I got my high.... my fingers flew across the keyboard in a frenzy I wasn't aware I contained. I haven't come down from my high yet... I don't wanna.... you can't make me....
Yeah, I admit I have a problem... and I LIKE IT!!!! ahahahahahahah
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Nov 5, 2009 - 23 18
Hello. My name is Lauren, and I am addicted to NaNoWriMo.
Every waking moment that I am not sleeping or eating or in class, I am writing. I fear that this addiction may not go away for a long time. Perhaps even as long as almost four more weeks. I am checking my word count compulsively. I believe I may need immediate NaNo-forum assistance.
I am so addicted that I have begun checking the word count frequently for my school assignments, even those which do not require a specific word count.
I have also set a frightening word count goal for myself which is constantly taunting me. I believe I may reach it, but by this time, I may be ready to be committed to a mental hospital. My word count goal is about 270,000 words.
Thank you for listening to my rant. I am going to go write 400 more words now before I go to bed.
*bows and retreats into the dark shadows with her laptop*
- Lauren
P.S. That was FUN to write. :)
----------NaNoWriMo 2009 - Rain [Young Adult Fiction] - 86,390 words and complete!
Aidan [Young Adult Fiction] - 83,049 words and complete!
Luna [Young Adult Fiction] - 48k and counting!
125,559 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 06 18
*waves*
I had a relapse this weekend. I not only wrote 10K, but I also decided that trimming my own bangs was a better idea since the time it would take to go and wait and finally get them trimmed at a place, not to mention the cost, could all be better spent on writing; I could write the next 2K in that time, and the $5 it would take me plus whatever tip I felt reasonable could buy me a sandwich or something at the next write-in....dear lord I hope my bangs are straight....I wasn't thinking very clearly after going to bed at 1am. I might regret this choice in a few hours.
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Nov 9, 2009 - 06 39
Lauren, your goal scares me, but good luck! I'm sure your addiction can be cured in 3 easy weeks.
Cid... if your bangs aren't straight, at least there is a conversation starter, right?
Yesterday I wrote 4,000 words, even though I had schoolwork I could have been working on the whole time. I also had writers block for the length of those 4000 words, so I'm not even certain what sort of crummy writing occurred in those pages....
43,672 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 11 31
*Stands up* Hi, my name is Dot. I am addicted to writing. I swear, it is a good thing. After all, I may have started writing at 13, but I have had an off and on relationship with my novels for the past nine years. The fact that I am actually sitting down regularly and working on a novel, makes me happy. The only reason my mom would say it's bad is because I'm not doing chores (I usually claim to be too busy anyway), and not yet working on job hunting. *Hunches shoulders*. Oh, yeah. Forgot about that.
Oh, well. I saw that one of you (don't remember now that I'm not looking at the forum) was in a frenzy to write for two weeks before. I'm sorry. I totally understand. I actually wrote (nothing that counts towards my formal word count of course). I found out about NaNoWriMo from my cousin the weekend before Halloween and ended up going crazy that following week. I wrote over 5k in that week alone. That's sad now that I look back on it. I so could have added that to my formal word count if only I'd waited. *Shakes head* Oh, well. My novel will just be even longer because of it.
Honestly, about the word count goal. I'm trying for the 50k this month, but I've had the story planned for probably 1-2 years now. The story will stop when the story wants to stop, not because of any specific word count. I just happen to know that it will be over 75k.
Okay, done now. Sorry for ranting, but that's my take on WA and my writing.
P.S. - Lauren, your goal scares me, too, only because I don't know how long my own stories plan to be.
----------P.P.S - SlyterinAtHeart, I LOVE your username.
Done now. Really.
Dot
Goals are what drive us from our beds; hope is what keeps us alive.
Nano's:
2009 - The Gates to Calonai - ???
29,899 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2009 - 12 17
Dot,
There's no rule that says the novel can only be 50K. Just that it should be at least 50K ;) There are plenty of people, both here in D/FW and around the world, who have novels that are much longer than 50K.
good luck, and I'll see you at the finish line!
Grady
----------NaNoWriMo 2005/2007 Winner -- The Storm (WIP)
NaNoWriMo 2006 Winner -- Dragon Secrets (WIP)
Script Frenzy 2007 Winner -- The Choice
NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner -- The Shifter
NaNoWriMo 2009 -- The Lion's Roar
43,672 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 09 27
Oh, believe me, I !know!! the 50k is only a minimum and that so many people are trying for much longer. Technically, I actually started the story beforehand, I'm just not counting the original word count (about 21k) in the nanowrimo word count. So, that's how I know this story will be much longer than 75k. The only reason I said I'm only really trying for the 50k is because I'm not sure I'd have the time to actually do more than that this month. Here's hoping I'm wrong and I can actually finish the novel this month. That would be so cool. To actually finish a novel after 9 years of starting so many. Yes, that would be a dream come true.
By the way, I have at least 7 novels started on paper/computer (at least one chapter each). The max number of chapters I had for any of them (and, believe me, my novels will each have a ton of chapters) was 13 chapters. Currently, I only have 10 chapters for the one I'm doing for Nanowrim, so, obviously, I didn't choose to complete my longest one. That's okay. That's the one that was speaking to me then.
Okay, I'm rambling. Yes, 50k is just minimum. It's all a question of time. K, see ya at the finish line.
----------Dot
Goals are what drive us from our beds; hope is what keeps us alive.
Nano's:
2009 - The Gates to Calonai - ???