NaNoWriMo, or how I am absolutely insane

Well it's official... I have decided to attempt NaNoWriMo this year...
What's that? you don't know what that is? here is a handy dandy lil' link!--> http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/whatisnano

Basically NA.tional NO.vel WRI.ting MO.nth is a combination writing contest / giving yourself permission to go a little mad for the month of November... In which you force yourself to churn out a 50K+ novel in 30 days, for kicks and giggles.

Now, for me, the IDEA itself is not crazy, as I did something similar when writing my first novel (my other blog) in my grade 12 WritersCraft class... The CRAZY part is that I'm a full time University student, and November is smack dab in the middle of second midterms and just before finals... So I'm going to be going slightly mad from school, and adding extra responsibility is probably the worst possible thing I can do to myself. That being said I really want to give it a go! I don't care if I get stressed and give up, I still want to be able to say I tried! (and if I come out with a kick-ass novel, well that's just a fringe benefit! ;P)

I have no worries that I won't be able to hit the minimum number of words in 30 days, I will either quit because I have to, or I will finish... even if it's complete and total crap. Quantity has NEVER been my problem when it comes to writing, in fact I often struggle with being CONCISE. It's the quality I'm worried about. But the whole point of NaNo is to force yourself to just write, not to fret or self-edit, or give up because you suck. The point is to just CRANK IT OUT, you can worry about the quality later... I mean honestly, if you ever think you are going to publish without some SERIOUS editing and revisions (even with the best of authors and most brilliant plotlines) you are a fool.

So this year I'm giving myself permission. Permission to try, to fail, and to suck. I give me the permission to surprise myself, no matter the outcome.

"Hey there baby it's party time/ spread the tablecloth, and pour the wine/ cause I know this is not the way you wanted to go/ but I know that you're doing fine"