All You Local Crazies

That's right. I've gotten dragged back into November's devilish plan of masochism. (Making me write til my fingers fall off.) I'd decided once again that it wasn't for me. That I was going to start working on writing again, but I was not going to NaNo. Not yet. Maybe next year. Think Again.

My local crazies (as I have lovingly begun to call the other people in my area taking on this adventure) have suddenly become a very active group. At least 2-3 write-ins scheduled per week, 2 kick-off parties, and who knows what else. How can I turn this down? The very thing I struggle with the most is motivation and now I have several people who will be getting together week after week for the sake of writing. I need somebody sitting next to me, doing the same thing I'm doing, who can beat me over the head with a notebook (the paper version, not the electronic) if they find me too distracted. I need this. Ask and ye shall receive.

So here we go again. I have made four promises to myself for this plan of insanity:
1) I will write long-hand the first time around. The computer offers me far too many distractions so I need to take it out of the equation. I sense a trip to stock up on spirals in the near future.
2) I will use the computer only to copy my work (for word count purposes), blogging, emails, and maybe the occasional facebook status update. I will otherwise be MIA from both internet and non-internet computer activities..
3) I will not word count until the final day has ended. I will try to keep up with transcribing from my long-hand to a word document -- this I will do when my brain is dead from actively writing new material -- but I will not look at the word count. Not for 30 days.
4) I will blog daily. Even if it's just a few sentences, I will blog about the day, about the journey. Since I will not be checking word count until December 1st, I will give you a rating from 1-5 on how the day went in regards to NaNo.
          1 = I wrote nothing new.
          2 = I wrote minimally. (Less than 5 pages)
          3 = I wrote averagely. (5 - 10 pages)
          4 = I wrote well. (10 - 15 pages)
          5 = I lived my writing.
Keep in mind those page estimates are long-hand. I will count a single page as both sides of the paper, not a single side. And no worries, I don't have large handwriting. I hope to average a 3 (that's why it's called average) but I know I'm probably going to start the month off with 1's and 2's. I'm out of habit and it's going to take some mind power and dedication on my part to get back into it.

So there you have it. I apparently enjoy mental pain and torture.

28 days and counting.

Yours Truly,
Mrs. C