Comments on: I’m Back to Explain My (NaNoWriMo) Experience http://coyotemercury.com/2009/12/01/im-back-to-explain-my-nanowrimo-experience/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heather http://coyotemercury.com/2009/12/01/im-back-to-explain-my-nanowrimo-experience/#comment-2193 Heather Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:36:00 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/?p=2904#comment-2193 Congratulations on your "win." What I like is that you learned you could do something you didn't think you could. How often do we hold ourselves back because we think we can't do "x" for "y" reason. I'm totally guilty of it myself. Glad it worked out so well for you! Congratulations on your “win.” What I like is that you learned you could do something you didn’t think you could. How often do we hold ourselves back because we think we can’t do “x” for “y” reason. I’m totally guilty of it myself. Glad it worked out so well for you!

]]> By: mark http://coyotemercury.com/2009/12/01/im-back-to-explain-my-nanowrimo-experience/#comment-2192 mark Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:36 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/?p=2904#comment-2192 I learned that I could actually write something that long. The relentless pace made it hard to get comfortable with my output because if I didn't keep moving along, I'd be behind. I realize now that I need to flesh out the story more, but that actually getting it down in some fashion beyond an outline will make that easier. The characters consumed me for the month...I had to write a few poems just to keep from going insane.... I don't know how well that worked out.... I learned that I could actually write something that long. The relentless pace made it hard to get comfortable with my output because if I didn’t keep moving along, I’d be behind.

I realize now that I need to flesh out the story more, but that actually getting it down in some fashion beyond an outline will make that easier. The characters consumed me for the month…I had to write a few poems just to keep from going insane….

I don’t know how well that worked out….

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