NaNoWriMo and Living without AW for 30 days :(

dgiharris · Oct 30, 2008

How on god's green earth am I going to make it 30 days without going to AW everyday.

I'm dreading the coming withdrawal symptoms.

And then there is a part of me that feels like I will be 'cheating' on AW with a hot summer fling that just happens to be in town for a little while.

I'm telling myself that I can only come to AW if, and only if, i'm ahead on my word count, and even then, i'm only giving myself 3 - 4 fifteen minute visits per week *gulp*

How am I gonna manage? I think I'm freaking out. The pressure, the pressure. Uggg!!!!!

Mel...

DamaNegra · Oct 30, 2008

I'm... not going to give up on AW. I've been mostly a lurker these past months, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy reading the threads. I'll find a way to make it work.

Sarita · Oct 30, 2008

Use it as a reward (which is what I do year round: accomplish something, get 15 minutes on AW.)

So, make your word count for the day and let yourself log on for 15 minutes.

L M Ashton · Oct 30, 2008

Or have your significant other block you from the Internet for an eight hour block of the day so you have no choice but to be productive. Just don't keep cleaning the house, eh? WRITE!

Shady Lane · Oct 30, 2008

Oh, I'm gonna be on AW constantly. I can't just sit down and write, blah. I'm the "constantly switch between windows" type.

**likes to break rules**

bsolah · Oct 30, 2008

I'll still be here. I'm writing a lot at work so during the day I'll pop in and out as I also write, and pretend to be working on some uber important spreadsheet.

Jersey Chick · Oct 30, 2008

I like to think of it as multi-tasking...

"No, wait, I bet someone asked this very same question on AW! I'll have to look. Then I'll have my answer and all will be right with the world!" **clicks on AW**

"No. Not there. Let me look here."

"Hmm... maybe in this forum."

"No, I know I saw in in Office Party!"

See how easy it is?

TheIT · Oct 30, 2008

I logon to AW during the day, and I write at night. Also, I don't write on a machine that hooks up to the Internet, so that lessens the temptation.

Henri Bauholz · Oct 30, 2008

I plan on making a few comments on AW, although I might have to choose between this site and the NaNo site. I will probably come over here more often because the navigation is so smooth.

TheIT · Oct 30, 2008

Henri Bauholz said:
I plan on making a few comments on AW, although I might have to choose between this site and the NaNo site. I will probably come over here more often because the navigation is so smooth.

Agreed. AW is much more reliable than the NaNo site. I'll probably be haunting this subforum for the moral support (and commiseration

).

Alpha Echo · Oct 31, 2008

I'll still be here.

I'm determined to not let NaNo take over my life...and to STILL make 50k. I'm not making myself do so many words a day...but I will have 50k by the end!

DeleyanLee · Oct 31, 2008

TheIT said:
I logon to AW during the day, and I write at night. Also, I don't write on a machine that hooks up to the Internet, so that lessens the temptation.

Exactly what I do. Check AW in the morning, lunch and maybe before I leave work for the day. Once I get home, it's onto the non-Net machine to write and then maybe check online before I go to bed. But, then, I'm not usually online much in the evening anyway, so it's not a great change for me.

Deccydiva · Oct 31, 2008

I'm aiming for 75,000-80,000 words so I have something to knock into shape and possibly query afterwards. Other than sleeping and walking the dogs I have nothing else planned so I SHOULD get onto AW every day, although it might be limited to "meet and greet" newbies and less time messing around in the word games...

AmandaAcidic · Oct 31, 2008

I'll probably still log on about as often as I do now. This is probably the only place I'm gonna find any support. All the people in my life are just gonna be like, "Why don't you answer your phone anymore?!?!" instead of, "Wow that's a good thing you're doing right there."

burgy61 · Oct 31, 2008

Life without AW, never! I'm sure I'll be popping in and out seeing as how I'll be sitting in front of the computer most of the time.

Kryianna · Oct 31, 2008

AW and the NaNo forums are my reward for hitting word counts, and my go-to places for ideas of what to happen in the next scene. I need the support network as well; I've found that November is the only real time I can write anymore.

Soccer Mom · Oct 31, 2008

I log in here frequently during NaNo. I just don't play around in Office Party and such. NaNo doesn't have to take over your life. It really doesn't.

dgiharris · Oct 31, 2008

O.k.

Well, this is my first NaNo so not quite sure how it will go. I'll see how the first week goes with the word count. Perhaps, AW will be the reward, hit my word count for the day, then I get 15 minutes.

Well see

Mel....

Arisa81 · Oct 31, 2008

Yeah, I won't be staying away from AW either. Using it as a reward is a great idea though.

Ken · Oct 31, 2008

...one could always do both by posting parts of their NaNoes in SYW ;-)

NaNoWriMo and Living without AW for 30 days :(

dgiharris

Disgruntled Scientist

DamaNegra

Mexican on the loose!

Sarita

carpe noctem

L M Ashton

crazy spec fic writer

Shady Lane

my name is hannah

bsolah

AW's Resident Commie

Jersey Chick

Up all night to get Loki

TheIT

Infuriatingly Theoretical

Henri Bauholz

TheIT

Infuriatingly Theoretical

Alpha Echo

I should be writing.

DeleyanLee

Writing Anarchist

Deccydiva

Back from the dead

AmandaAcidic

Good morning beautiful!

burgy61

Kryianna

Soccer Mom

Crypto-fascist

dgiharris

Disgruntled Scientist

Arisa81

Ken