That's pretty much an impossible month for students and academics.
That's always annoyed me too. OTOH, I think it can work in a strange way because your mind's already focused, if that makes any sense. In the summer, I work, I go home; there's nothing to stimulate my brain. This time of year, I'm pretty much forced to think anyway.
That said, I haven't gotten anywhere with NaNo, but I think that while school is a bit of an obstacle, it's more that the beginning of the month was really confusing for RL reasons, and frankly, I'm still a little confused about certain RL and academic things. It's just a difficult time right now to try and write a novel in a month, as much as I wish it wasn't, because I'd really hoped that this would be the year I actually finished something or came close. :/ (Although never say never - I'm hoping I can get something done tonight.)
I do wish it were at a quieter time, though. I'm just hesitant to say it's all academics, since I know someone who is a double major taking quite a few classes and has already accomplished a lot of writing. But that's definitely part of it.
Maybe I'll just try and work on that short story idea I had.
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Date: 2009-11-07 03:17 pm (UTC)That's always annoyed me too. OTOH, I think it can work in a strange way because your mind's already focused, if that makes any sense. In the summer, I work, I go home; there's nothing to stimulate my brain. This time of year, I'm pretty much forced to think anyway.
That said, I haven't gotten anywhere with NaNo, but I think that while school is a bit of an obstacle, it's more that the beginning of the month was really confusing for RL reasons, and frankly, I'm still a little confused about certain RL and academic things. It's just a difficult time right now to try and write a novel in a month, as much as I wish it wasn't, because I'd really hoped that this would be the year I actually finished something or came close. :/ (Although never say never - I'm hoping I can get something done tonight.)
I do wish it were at a quieter time, though. I'm just hesitant to say it's all academics, since I know someone who is a double major taking quite a few classes and has already accomplished a lot of writing. But that's definitely part of it.
Maybe I'll just try and work on that short story idea I had.