{"id":142,"date":"2018-10-18T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T01:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2018-10-18T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T01:57:31","slug":"nanowrimo-writers-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo: Writer’s Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November 2018, I will participate in NaNoWriMo<\/a>, with the goal of completing 50,000 words by midnight of 30\/11. This averages out to 1667 words per day. I know that I can accomplish this because I have done it twice before, so I will not let\u00a0 anxiety or negative self talk try to convince me otherwise!<\/p>\n

I will write every day, between noon and 5pm, with no exceptions barring serious illness or natural disaster. Playing catch-up is hard, so my actual daily goal will be 2k words just in case the serious illness or disaster does occur! If the worst happens, I will not give up just because I’ve fallen behind my word goal. I will carry my notebook and iPhone with me so that I can write anywhere at any time.<\/p>\n

I will not give in to boredom, laziness, or FOMO. To achieve this, I will follow the plot plan that I have created, and write the parts I want to write, regardless of order. I give myself permission to abuse coffee if required.<\/p>\n

I will shelve my inner editor. I will not re-read anything that I have written until December. I give my novel permission to be terrible until December. This novel is ultimately for me – I don’t have to live up to anyone else’s standards.<\/p>\n

I will not let outside interference dissuade me. I am allowed to prioritise this for myself, and the world will not end just because I have done so! I will retreat to my office if required, or the cafe, or the library. I will wear headphones and turn up my music.<\/p>\n

I am allowed to be excited about this, even if nobody else understands. I will use FB groups and write-ins to discuss this with like-minded folks.<\/p>\n

I want to accomplish this because I need to add structure and discipline back into my day, so that I have solid foundations for the rest of the work that I do. I want to teach my mind that “the perfect is the enemy of the good” and encourage no-holds-barred creativity. I want to give in to the urge to write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In November 2018, I will participate in NaNoWriMo, with the goal of completing 50,000 words by midnight of 30\/11. This averages out to 1667 words per day. I know that I can accomplish this because I have done it twice before, so I will not let\u00a0 anxiety or negative self talk try to convince me … Continue reading “NaNoWriMo: Writer’s Agreement”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[30,29],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-nanowrimo","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}