When I was a small child my fear of night was too strong to ever agree to attend a sleep-away camp. The idea of spending hours canoeing, hiking or swimming in a lake were not exactly for me either. My love of nature was hit or miss at best. So instead I convinced my parents to let me go to day camps. They provided me with all the indoor arts and craft activities I craved and if I was feeling particularly adventurous I could go outside and join in with some of the happenings going on there too. Then at 4pm I would climb on the big yellow bus and get off at my home where I could swim in my pool, sleep in my bed and curl up at night with my notebook writing stories about the kids at the camp.
This summer I am feeling less than my usual enthusiasm for writing. I am sure this has been clear in my decreasing amount blog posts. I do however have a novel that I want to get a kick-start on. I have played with the idea of it for some time. I have a rough outline of it. I have researched for it. So what is stopping me? Motivation is low even though the sun is not shining. The Olympics have given me a good excuse not to write despite the fact I am only working three days a week for the summer to watch my children while they are off school.
Today I got an email from NaNoWriMo that just might give the answer to my dilemma. When I participated in the event in November I struggled but forced myself to reach the 50k word goal. It seems August 1st is the start of the second NaNoWriMo summer camp session and I decided to sign up. If it works for me as well as the November event did then I will be pleased.
Is anyone else taking part?
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No, I’m still trying to catch up from November. 🙂 Go for it!
Nanowrimo 2009 was the only reason I got my first book written (to be published in October 2013) It gave me a solid jump start. I plan on doing Nano again for my second novel.
So far it is proving to be as good for me as November was, I needed another jump start myself. Good luck with the book launch in October 2013. I hope it is a success for you.