The challenge of Nanowrimo

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critics, NaNoWriMo, postaday2013, writing

It is day four of this month long challenge in writing, the goal is at least 1700 words a day to get to the 50,000 word count and so far so good. This time my motto is going to be slow and steady wins the race and I am not going to let myself be distracted by other thoughts, all that I am planning to do this month is to write every day and that is it. I do have a bad habit of talking myself out of trying things because fear of failure weighs heavily within me, I wonder if my hesitancy in completing my book resides in the fact that after I finish, the next step is to ship it out. I have written about this before, I am hoping that the more that I admit that I am my own worst critic and enemy that eventually I will exorcise this horrible failing within myself.

Which is why this time around I refuse to indulge in this type of negative thinking. Slow and steady wins the race and I will be writing each and every day, no matter what and it will get done. End of story.

Daily prompt: It builds character

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books, characters, postaday2013, writing

Tell us about a favorite character from film, theater, or literature, with whom you’d like to have a heart-to-heart. What would you talk about?

When I was a young girl Anne of Green Gables was one of my favorites as was Nancy Drew. They both exhibited the character traits that appealed to me most, intellectual curiosity, compassion, open-heartedness, sensitivity, awkwardness at times. I spent hours reading and rereading those books. They were my friends during many difficult times in my childhood when I felt as if I didn’t have any friends after a rough day of bullying and being made fun of and feeling at risk of getting beat up.

If I had the chance to spend time with Anne of Green Gables, I wouldn’t want to bring the mood down by complaining, instead I would want to know more about her. Spending time with Nancy Drew, I definitely would have spent my time asking her how she navigated high school years and kept her sense of self and self confidence.

The other character that I would love to spend time with which will never change is Lizzie Bennet. Everything about her I can relate to and I can imagine us spending hours reading together, walking together and talking about everything under the sun.