tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post8873800968925574526..comments2007-12-14T07:00:08.390-05:00Zybronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840974925868585839zybron@gmail.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post-43484168583437982922007-12-12T20:37:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:37:00.000-05:00I'm so weird. I couldn't do NaNoWriMo (failed 4 years in a row) but I actually thrived with NaBloPoMo. I'm not quite certain why. What I did find, though, was that in making a more conscious effort to post each day, I was making more of an effort to really have something to say. Sometimes I fell back on a quiz or a meme, but for the most part I t hink I had some decent posts.Jayne d'Arcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04845036111315613644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post-15293297060732345512007-12-12T18:02:00.000-05:002007-12-12T18:02:00.000-05:00Yeah, I definitely seemed to rebel against what I felt was something I 'had' to do. I really have to give props to those that accomplished the 50,000 words in one month for NaNoWriMo. I'm certain that I never would have managed to stay focused to produce like that in such a short amount of time.Zybronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840974925868585839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post-54383283634232407032007-12-12T17:55:00.000-05:002007-12-12T17:55:00.000-05:00I actually tried my own version of the original writing craze, NaNoWriMo. I realized that blogging was a better format than novel writing, for me. In novel writing, the result should be a book, with a point or overall theme. With blogging, at least I can go on and on and never really end. But staying on topic can often be difficult. <BR/><BR/>However, I didn't participate in the blog writing month, and I would surmise that I would come close to burning out as well. <BR/><BR/>As a wise man once said, everything in moderation--even blog writing.http://standup101.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post-10335141293053778282007-12-12T15:00:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:00:00.000-05:00I totally get it. After it was over, I had to take a few days off - thoughts like "I should delete the whole thing, it's too time consuming" were running through my head even though in reality it takes me 1 minute to put up a post. Funny what a difference it makes in your head to feel like you "have" to do something.somegosoftly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33224650.post-14684674847468266522007-12-12T14:34:00.000-05:002007-12-12T14:34:00.000-05:00I know what you mean, subconsiously some of us just can't take "orders", we rebel. I'm just the sameI can quite happily set a schedule or series of tasks and complete them. If someone else has any part of the decision it becomes mundane, boring and difficult to complete. I find myself having to reward myself at intervals just to get thru it.Colin Kingnoreply@blogger.com