tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post1067617235751748147..comments2023-10-23T06:31:29.964-07:00Comments on Fantasy Thoughts from My Easy Chair: Encouragement for NaNoWriMo FailuresAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-23141049489760092982011-11-26T18:24:00.495-08:002011-11-26T18:24:00.495-08:00Don't think anything is a failure ... unless y...Don't think anything is a failure ... unless you completely give up. Since I quit NaNo, I've done a revision of a short story and finished the novella I put on the back-burner for NaNo.<br /><br />Funny thing: After letting the novella sit, I came up with a better first chapter. It sets the stage for the story better, and the former first chapter winds up the first complication.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-23921902402025517392011-11-26T14:52:29.045-08:002011-11-26T14:52:29.045-08:00Hail to all who've Nano'ed themselves this...Hail to all who've Nano'ed themselves this month. I cheer your efforts, whether the 50,000 word goal was reached or not. Failure at 40,000 words? No way. Failure at 30,000 words? No way. Failure at not tackeling Nano? Nope. One submission off, another soon...been a good month for everone...hasn't it?Dean K Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846624912452227191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-34619218966239348962011-11-25T18:13:50.993-08:002011-11-25T18:13:50.993-08:00Maybe NaNoWriMo's biggest contribution to the ...Maybe NaNoWriMo's biggest contribution to the writer's scene is to blast people out of their writing ruts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-71539972690808527422011-11-25T15:12:58.171-08:002011-11-25T15:12:58.171-08:00Luckily my thumbs held out...Looks like I'll m...Luckily my thumbs held out...Looks like I'll make the 50,000, but the best part is establishing a better writing routine. I think I can churn out 1,000 words on most days now, which is a lot better than I've done in the past.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.com