Rewriting. And restarting. And failing.
Posted by HED
Finishing is soooo much harder than starting.
NaNoWriMo is over since a couple of weeks. As you know, I didn't participate in the event. I had decided to edit my '07 NaNoWriMo and take it to a "finished" state. But I haven't gotten anywhere near this goal.
The question I ask myself if "why ?". During this month, I wrote everyday : articles, short fiction, journalling. But I only modified 17K words in my novel. I had a 4K words outline, the novel wiki full of documentation, and plenty of time to write. But the rewrite didn't happen... I decided to restart...
Restarting is even harder, because you want to finish but you don't know where is the original impulse that made you start.
But I failed at restarting. When I first wrote my Nano back in November 2007 I wasn't in the same state of mind that in November 2008. I could try to replicate the same form and writing style but it seemed... bad. Uninspired.
So what will I do now ? I still want to finish my previous NaNo (06 and 07) before tackling new challenges. Only time will tell how I'll manage to do it.