NaNo Trick or Treat: The Netflix Binge

Everybody knows that Tumblr loves Halloween, and that Halloween heralds the start of NaNoWriMo! To get into the holiday spirit, we’ve asked Wrimos from around the world to share the best “trick” and best “treat” they know to help themselves reach 50K in November. Today, Amanda Rosa, our Municipal Liaison for the USA :: Puerto Rico region, shares her trick and treat advice:

As Halloween–and, therefore, NaNoWriMo–approaches us, it is time to prepare ourselves for November. After participating in NaNo for over 5 years, I have experimented with ways to help myself reach that 50k finish line. Now, I know which strategies work for me. In the Halloween spirit, I have to either trick myself or treat myself in order to sit down each day and finish a novel by the end of the month. 

I love binge-watching television shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime. It is a guilty pleasure of mine after a long day of work and running around with my little boy. You can find me almost every night in bed, watching Doctor Who, New Girl, or whatever is my favorite show at the moment. However, my problem is that nighttime is also when I sit down to write–and you can bet I will always get distracted by Netflix.