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[serene]

Now I'm feeling all validated about not doing NaNoWriMo this month. It's a brilliant essay about writing. I recommend it.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Heh. I loved the article! I'm still doing NaNoWriMo, but since I'm not trying to impress anybody, I don't have to be all furtive about my shame. :-)

Ah, crap.

[sailorjim.livejournal.com]

I'm doomed.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

I read it too. It's amusing, and the author makes some good points. But I'm a professional writer with a number of published books to my credit, and I love doing NaNo. Trust me, grad school is *worse*. If getting an MA in Creative Writing couldn't discourage me, nothing can.

If it weren't for NaNo, I wouldn't know you or anybody else here. (Well, except for the members of my quad who post here.) A NaNoWriter gave me my code two years ago, and I got started in the community by reading his friends list.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I'm not opposed to NaNo, nor do I think people who do it are foolish. That said, it made me not want to write for MONTHS last time I did it, and the novel I started sits unfinished, so for me, that part rang true. Basically, though, the rest of the thing has some really good advice, I think. (Speaking as a published writer and non-novelist.)

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*chortle*. funny satirical essay. not that i needed any validation for not participating in nanowrimo -- i don't write that way, and i don't need that sort of encouragement to write.

more power to whoever is encouraged to write by nanowrimo, though! whatever encourages people to express themselves creatively is a good thing by me. as long as people don't get trapped by the, well, trappings. :)