Agreeeeeeed. For the first two weeks: “Yay for you! You built a lovely little daily writing habit! Doesn’t it feel great?” Last two weeks: “And now, prepare yourself for GOD MODE”. Many, many NaNo writers have been lost to the swamps of Thanksgiving…(bows head for moment of silence).
True. But the underlying goals – to establish a writing habit, build community with other writers, and gain the self confidence to just produce 50K words (quality notwithstanding) – often lead to better writers. Plus you come out with (hopefully) a finished first draft, one of the hardest tasks to accomplish. Editing and polishing into something resembling ‘good’ come later! It’s a great challenge for beginning writers. None of us were good when we started out. :-)
Agreeeeeeed. For the first two weeks: “Yay for you! You built a lovely little daily writing habit! Doesn’t it feel great?” Last two weeks: “And now, prepare yourself for GOD MODE”. Many, many NaNo writers have been lost to the swamps of Thanksgiving…(bows head for moment of silence).