Insane Endeavor

Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about the sweat, tears, and caffeine involved in NaNoWriMo. But here’s a little tidbit I didn’t include: I myself am participating this year, and I’m not the only LASA student. Now that November’s arrived, you can hear the word “NaNoWriMo” sprinkled through various conversation in the halls.

I can, anyway. If you can’t, perhaps you’re not listening hard enough (which, in retrospect, is probably a good thing).

Some of the best motivation for this event, I’ve heard, is the knowledge that other people know that you’re trying this insane endeavor and the potential that those people will deem you a failure if you don’t reach the goal (50,000 words in thirty days). This is the reason that I’m announcing this in this post and why I recommend other participators do this, as well. (If you think this’ll motivate you, that is.)

So, if you’re reading this and you’re participating in NaNoWriMo this year, shout it out to the world (or the maybe three people that actually read this blog) and post it in the comments. Or, if you like, you can vote on the poll just to the right of this post.

--Ji