11/28:nanowrimo

Hi Friends:

 

Well, it's the end of the November and I have to admit my total failure to complete Nanowrimo this year.

 

What is Nanowrimo, you ask? It's National Novel Writing Month. 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel. It's like sprinting with your brain for 30 days. It's stressful, exhilarating, headache-inducing, and fun. No really, it's fun. You're supposed to push through the judgemental voice in your brain that tells you that you can't, push past any writer's block, run over any messy plot points. It doesn't matter if it's good--you're just trying to get the word count. You finish the month with a novel and a sense that you can accomplish anything!

 

That's the idea, anyway. This is the fourth year I've done it, and I've only finished one novel--which is, true to nanowrimo tradition, total crap. The rest of the time, I get about 25,000 words in. This year, I only got 10,000 words in. But it's 10,000 more words than I've written in a long time (well, since last November). And nanowrimo always reminds me why I love writing, and why I hate it, and the magic that stories have. And 10,000 words is always something to build on in the future.

 

So, let's apply this to fitness, or to Zumba. Sometimes, it's tough to do the whole workout. Sometimes you can't finish the whole workout. Sometimes you finish the workout and just feel awful. But at least you did it, and you can build on it. There is a certain amount of success in trying. So, Bravo! to me (hee hee) for writing 10,000 words, and Bravo! to you for anything you try.

 

-Meredith

 

ps. THIS THURSDAY is cut-tshirt workshop. Bring an old tshirt or two and some scissors. I'll do some technique and style of shirt demonstrations, and you can cut and tear to your hearts' content. CUT TSHIRTS: 5:30p.m. ZUMBA: 6:00p.m. See you then!