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Writing Through The Pain
I have made the decision to do Nanowrimo again this year, and I am determined to win this time. I’ve had a few setbacks this year, which has left me very much below the ‘on par’ word count that I should be at, but I’m not too worried, because I have a lot of writing to do and that simply excites me.
ANXIETY SAYS NO
The thing is, though, that my anxiety doesn’t agree and leaves me feeling freaked out about the number of words I must hit. Well, this year, I refuse to let my anxiety win, when it tells me that I am a failure, and that I may as well give up, because, you know what? Even if life gets in the way and I find myself unable to actually finish the 50000 words, I have still written far more words than I would have done if I hadn’t been doing Nano.
I’M PREPPING EARLY THIS YEAR
I know that November is a fair way off, but I am making a concentrated effort to try and set myself up for success, after a slow writing patch. Some of the things that have caused this have been general ‘life’ things, but others (and this is where I struggle), are to do with my physical and emotional health. Some days, my fibromyalgia flares up and I have constant pain from the moment I wake up, to the moment that I go to bed. These days have been more often than not, lately, and it’s been…
