I can’t help but compare this years Nano to last years. If I was less lazy, I would go to the Nano website, look at the chart for last year, and compare it to this year. But I already know what it will show. Last year I was either ahead or close to on pace to finish my novel on time. This year, I am not.
Last year, I wrote with a purpose. I had a specific goal in mind. Maybe some day I’ll even share that goal. This year, my story doesn’t really have a purpose. Or rather, it does, but it’s vague and hard to grab onto and more general then specific. I’m finding this to be a much harder way to write a story.
Actually, the writing is fine. It’s the giving a crap about the story that’s the problem. Without a specific focus to achieve, it’s hard for me to write, even when, like now, I’m sitting at my computer with nothing better to do.
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