Oddbean new post about login | logout @2ee95d3f 🤣 Oh my gosh, I can't believe how obsessed I always was with earning the badges—and then never look at them after. The sheer madness of writing so many words in a month is a high that's difficult to replicate. I haven't decided if I'd do it again this year. I have a number of projects waiting in the wings with short narratives written, but that's all I have right now. 🤔
@7b682b86 I don't even bother writing an outline any more this year. I know where to start, a few in-betweens and somewhat where it'll end. Relying completely on the pantsing magic now. If you do participate, let us all know.
@2ee95d3f I still have my planning process—and then I go freaking insane, usually finishing in a few weeks. I'll decide within the next week, or sooner. Odd that I wrote in my journal yesterday that I was wavering on not doing it, that the drafting hunger was building like werewolf venom during a full moon. If I do, I'll announce under these hashtags. I've never participated while here on Mastodon.
@7b682b86 I have, last year. There were few people who I found participating, and we played a Nanogre game. A fantasy quest to scare ogres away with our fabulous wordcounts. Sadly, the guy who invented this seems to have deleted his account. So no more Nanogre hunting. But I'm sure we'll all have fun.
@2ee95d3f My first year, 2014, I was climbing out of a depressive episode & someone suggested NaNo so I decided to give it a go—30 minutes before it started. I had nothing ready & barely an idea. I wrote a terrible book & limped to 60K, but had a great time. In contrast, in 2018, I drafted a bloated novel that finished at 180K (now about 135K). I barely finished in time & was exhausted. I loved it. When I finish early, I often finish with novellas or short stories (which I did last December).