{"id":14291,"date":"2015-12-22T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=14291"},"modified":"2015-12-17T07:38:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T15:38:53","slug":"losing-nano-this-year-does-not-make-me-a-loser-by-raina-schell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/losing-nano-this-year-does-not-make-me-a-loser-by-raina-schell\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing NaNo This Year Does Not Make Me a Loser By Raina Schell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14292\" title=\"writing\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/writing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"writing\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/writing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/writing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/writing-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/writing.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Raina+Schell\" target=\"_blank\">Raina Schell<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cLosing NaNo This Year Does Not Make Me a Loser.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the first year in the three years that I\u2019ve been doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> (National Novel Writer\u2019s Month) that I didn\u2019t \u201cwin\u201d.<\/strong> In case you don\u2019t know, NaNo is where you write 50,000 words in the month of November. I started my fourth novel for NaNo this year and then life got in the way. I\u2019ve been disciplined enough to write a novel outside of November in the past but having that month to completely focus on word count has always been ground breaking. Being competitive with yourself works for some people but not for others. It works for me.<\/p>\n<p>When I realized I wasn\u2019t going to win this year I got very down on myself and then because life was in the way I soon focused on all the other things that had come up. Giving in to \u201cnot winning\u201d has helped me tremendously. I don\u2019t feel \u201clike a failure\u201d because I got 25,000 words written and I know I\u2019ll finish this manuscript regardless of the time it takes. But in the bigger picture it showed me that failing at something doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m less than or that I\u2019ll die or even suffer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14293 alignright\" title=\"blonde woman typing\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/blonde-woman-typing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"blonde woman typing\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/blonde-woman-typing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/blonde-woman-typing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/blonde-woman-typing-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>At first I wrote consistently<\/strong>, 2,000 words a day, which is what I like to do when I\u2019m being productive. I had even spent October outlining my novel, which was a great help. But I still hit a wall and when I hit that wall and all of these other issues (not to do with my story) surfaced, I dropped the ball. My endless use of clich\u00e9s didn\u2019t help either.<\/p>\n<p>Now that NaNo is over this year, I decided to spend my time editing another novel before going back to the one I\u2019m writing. In my writer\u2019s group yesterday another writer reminded me that all our time spent researching and making character bible, floor plans and more, all count toward the process. We even mused that watching movies and TV shows can count if we\u2019re paying attention to the character arcs, dialogue, plot twists, black moment and antagonists.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14294 alignleft\" title=\"books on staircase\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/books-on-staircase-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"books on staircase\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/books-on-staircase-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/books-on-staircase-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/books-on-staircase-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>What I took away from my fail is that no one else cares besides me, <\/strong>which means I need to get busy and churn out the content since no one else will be cracking that whip<strong>.<\/strong> But it also means that when I don\u2019t write or can\u2019t write I can give myself permission to forgive and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainaschell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.rainaschell.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11407\" title=\"Raina Schell\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3310587-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3310587-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3310587.jpg 204w\" alt=\"Raina Schell\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Raina Schell is a vagabond. She lives where the tide takes her. The only constant in her life is her trusty laptop. She doesn\u2019t live in a tidy little house. Her dreams aren\u2019t surrounded by a white picket fence. She has no family but spends her free time with a black and white bunny rabbit named Fred.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"www.RainaSchell.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rainaschell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.RainaSchell.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Like Raina on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RainaSchellWriter\" target=\"_blank\">Like Raina on Facebook<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Follow Raina on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RainaSchell\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Raina on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first year in the three years that I\u2019ve been doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer\u2019s Month) that I didn\u2019t \u201cwin\u201d. In case you don\u2019t know, NaNo is where you write 50,000 words in the month of November. I started my fourth novel for NaNo this year and then life got in the way. I\u2019ve been disciplined enough to write a novel outside of November in the past but having that month to completely focus on word count has always been ground breaking. Being competitive with yourself works for some people but not for others. 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