Kempo Kid
Re: writing marathon.
The whole point of this, from what I understand, is to get writers to sit down every day and work on their writing, continuing to work at it even if what they're writing isn't their best work on a given day. I've heard it said that if you do something 21 times in a row, that's all it takes for it to become a habit. If you sit down and work on a novel every day for thirty days, that helps enforce the habit, and some writers need that.
I suppose people can write garbage on purpose if they want. They can flat out lie if they want. But at the end of the month, they might have nothing, they might have garbage, or they might have 50,000 pretty good words. Of they might only have 27,000 pretty good words. But that's still better than nothing.
I agree with the comment upthread. If you don't like NaNoWriMo, don't do it. But it's discourteous to put other people down who would like to participate.
The whole point of this, from what I understand, is to get writers to sit down every day and work on their writing, continuing to work at it even if what they're writing isn't their best work on a given day. I've heard it said that if you do something 21 times in a row, that's all it takes for it to become a habit. If you sit down and work on a novel every day for thirty days, that helps enforce the habit, and some writers need that.
I suppose people can write garbage on purpose if they want. They can flat out lie if they want. But at the end of the month, they might have nothing, they might have garbage, or they might have 50,000 pretty good words. Of they might only have 27,000 pretty good words. But that's still better than nothing.
I agree with the comment upthread. If you don't like NaNoWriMo, don't do it. But it's discourteous to put other people down who would like to participate.