I've seen a lot of posts, both here and on the NaNo boards, about how you neglect other things, like housework, friends, and family, in order to get out your fifty thousand words during NaNo.
Chris Baty himself admits that he lets things go during NaNo.
But me? My house is cleaner than it was at the start of the month. My dishes are done, cats and fish are fed, with clean tanks and litterboxes, laundry done and dried and (mostly, at this point) folded and put away. I've been to see a movie (Twilight, if you must ask) with my daughter, and driven to her rescue a couple of times, as she's dealing with a very heavy school load. I've read a complete book during November, too. I've been to work every day I was scheduled except for the day I drove my car into the ditch. I've dealt with the stuff that needed to be dealt with regarding driving my car into a ditch. I've paid my bills, generally eaten LESS takeout food than normal, and...
Well, you get the picture. It's been a great month, except for the car accident, and everything except the car accident is actually the result of NaNo, not despite NaNo.
Because when I'm in NaNo mode, I CANNOT write for extended periods of time. If you've word warred with me, you'll notice that I'll write for half an hour, then take fifteen minutes for a break. To do dishes, or laundry, or make the bed, or feed the cats, or just stretch. Then it's write some more.
I'm wondering if perhaps this, "Writing requires sacrifice" bit is just a load of...
You know. I haven't even really sacrificed my addictions -- I've posted more on AW this month than I have in a very long while, and I've been keeping up with Neopets and lolcats.
What I haven't done, for the most part, is lollygag around, doing nothing. I work best under pressure, and the more I have to do, the more I get done, which is why I'm going to try the NaNo experience two or three more times this year.
Has anyone else had a similar experience of heightened productivity in everything?
Chris Baty himself admits that he lets things go during NaNo.
But me? My house is cleaner than it was at the start of the month. My dishes are done, cats and fish are fed, with clean tanks and litterboxes, laundry done and dried and (mostly, at this point) folded and put away. I've been to see a movie (Twilight, if you must ask) with my daughter, and driven to her rescue a couple of times, as she's dealing with a very heavy school load. I've read a complete book during November, too. I've been to work every day I was scheduled except for the day I drove my car into the ditch. I've dealt with the stuff that needed to be dealt with regarding driving my car into a ditch. I've paid my bills, generally eaten LESS takeout food than normal, and...
Well, you get the picture. It's been a great month, except for the car accident, and everything except the car accident is actually the result of NaNo, not despite NaNo.
Because when I'm in NaNo mode, I CANNOT write for extended periods of time. If you've word warred with me, you'll notice that I'll write for half an hour, then take fifteen minutes for a break. To do dishes, or laundry, or make the bed, or feed the cats, or just stretch. Then it's write some more.
I'm wondering if perhaps this, "Writing requires sacrifice" bit is just a load of...
You know. I haven't even really sacrificed my addictions -- I've posted more on AW this month than I have in a very long while, and I've been keeping up with Neopets and lolcats.
What I haven't done, for the most part, is lollygag around, doing nothing. I work best under pressure, and the more I have to do, the more I get done, which is why I'm going to try the NaNo experience two or three more times this year.
Has anyone else had a similar experience of heightened productivity in everything?
