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This is my sixth year to participate in NaNoWriMo and my third (or fourth) as a ML. I have five crappy little novels to show for it. My first was a disaster. I was switching POVs like a mad woman and had an antagonist who was way over the top. The MCs gallivanted around a detailed world I created without a plot in sight.
I feel like I've come a long way since that first effort. I now know how to stay with one POV and how to plot. My dialog doesn't sound contrived and stiff anymore. Some might think six years on a journey without an end is a serious waste of time. But I think it has been beneficial to me. My writing has improved with practice and age. I have forged friendships with other writers and received valuable feedback. I have learned publishing is hard and most published writers have to keep their day jobs.
The road has been bumpy and I've thought more than once I should pack it in. But if I did, then I wouuldn't be me. Regardless of whether or not my name ever graces a bookshelf, I am a writer. I will tell my stories till I die and participate in NaNoWriMo as long as I'm able.
Good luck to all those other crazy writers who have signed up for the November madness. You are in good company.
I feel like I've come a long way since that first effort. I now know how to stay with one POV and how to plot. My dialog doesn't sound contrived and stiff anymore. Some might think six years on a journey without an end is a serious waste of time. But I think it has been beneficial to me. My writing has improved with practice and age. I have forged friendships with other writers and received valuable feedback. I have learned publishing is hard and most published writers have to keep their day jobs.
The road has been bumpy and I've thought more than once I should pack it in. But if I did, then I wouuldn't be me. Regardless of whether or not my name ever graces a bookshelf, I am a writer. I will tell my stories till I die and participate in NaNoWriMo as long as I'm able.
Good luck to all those other crazy writers who have signed up for the November madness. You are in good company.
