NaNoWriMo :: NaNoWriMo Blog

This was my first nanowrimo, having been persuaded to do it about 3 days before it began by a fello nanowrimo writer. She ranted to me about how good it was, and as someone who starts to write lots of things, but often leaves them, to start on yet another one, the idea appealed to me; the permission given to write badly, to not get so hung up on plot holes and just get a rough draft finished in a month.
However I'd have never got through it without her constant support, we were e-mailing everyday seeing how eachother was doing, discussing plot problems and bouncing ideas off each other from our perspective stories. We had writing sessions, using msn to keep tabs on each other, it helped spur on the word count when I knew someone else was doing the same thing at the same time. And if I ever had any weird moments of not knowing how to continue, it was good to have someone more experienced to give me tips on how to continue.
Also the pep talks were a big help, they always seemed to come at just the right time and they were certainly a factor on me being a 'winner'.
Another thing that helped me was giving myself a daily target to reach, I generally aimed for 2000 a night, but as time went on and I gained momentum this went up to 2500, then to 3000. I work better with short term aims : )

I'm already itching to edit, but am giving myself a bit of time away from it and instead doing a bit of notemaking and sketching in preparation for the edit.