14 October 2005
Something to look forward to!
This past Monday, while suffering severe turkey hangover (Thanksgiving!), I was complaining to my mom that I have nothing exciting to look forward to after my upcoming trip to BC.
Since I believe that you need to be an interesting, dynamic, thrilling character in the narrative that is your own life, this was a very depressing revelation.
I always forget that excitement lies around most corners, lurking, waiting for…well five days after the perfect moment, to present itself.
The excitement I am referring to is Nanowrimo. This stands for National Novel Writing Month (see: www.nanowrimo.org). It’s a challenge to writers, would-be writers and um... thrill-seekers (?) to write 50,000 words in the month of November.
Last year I did it and I wrote 15,000 words. Woo! This year’s goal is to break that record. If I break 50,000 words down to 250 words/page, I would need to write 10 pages a day. On average. Let’s say I write 3 pages at lunch, that only 7 left to go at night. A little over two hours. So yeah, it’s a helluva time commitment, but it’s totally doable! How many Seinfeld and Friends repeats do I need to see? I’m willing to give that up. Lunch not so much, so we’ll see!
Since I believe that you need to be an interesting, dynamic, thrilling character in the narrative that is your own life, this was a very depressing revelation.
I always forget that excitement lies around most corners, lurking, waiting for…well five days after the perfect moment, to present itself.
The excitement I am referring to is Nanowrimo. This stands for National Novel Writing Month (see: www.nanowrimo.org). It’s a challenge to writers, would-be writers and um... thrill-seekers (?) to write 50,000 words in the month of November.
Last year I did it and I wrote 15,000 words. Woo! This year’s goal is to break that record. If I break 50,000 words down to 250 words/page, I would need to write 10 pages a day. On average. Let’s say I write 3 pages at lunch, that only 7 left to go at night. A little over two hours. So yeah, it’s a helluva time commitment, but it’s totally doable! How many Seinfeld and Friends repeats do I need to see? I’m willing to give that up. Lunch not so much, so we’ll see!
Mom: I'm gonna be juuust fine!!! :)
Today I came across an interesting quote that I feel justifies my sometime capriciousness:
"In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m embracing this idea.
Erika.
