NaNoWriMo-tivation

So it's week 2 of National Novel Writing Month, and I'm slowly increasing the word count. I'm finding the process to be less grueling, and more of a 'hurry up and get this done so I can work on other projects that I want to' - which is great. It's exactly why I wanted to do NaNoWriMo in the first place. If I can push myself to write a finished rough (really really rough) draft of a novel that I just thought of off the top of my head, then I can certainly get up enough gumption when NaNoWriMo is over to finish the two books I already have started - one has eight chapters, one has 11. I just keep getting bogged down in rewrites of what I already have because I want it to be good. So NaNoWriMo is, for me, the kick in the pants I need to force me to get a story on the page and then worry about revisions later.

By the end of November, I will have a rough draft of a completed novel. That's pretty darn cool to think about. Granted, it will be something that's stylistically pretty crappy, and will need much polishing, but the nugget of the story is there. And complete. That's rad. I think I might have me a little party to celebrate my crappy-but-finished first draft. A fun party! With cheese and wine! Mmmmmm cheese.

Ok, anyway, I have to get back to the other writing now. Just wanted to drop in a Hazmat update. Oh, and whassup, I even managed to blog again. Woah! Is our heroine going to keep this ball rolling? Is she really going to do this? Is she out of her freakin' mind? Tune in next week and find out!