Enjoy the last few precious days of relative calmness and prepare yourself for thirty days of sleep-deprived madness.
Tell everyone - including spouse, children, family and friends - that unless someone is dying, you are pulling a Garbo and would like to be left alone for the whole of November.
Resist all urges to play Bejewleled Blitz (or any other pointless game, for that matter). Again, this may take some time, so practicing now would be good.
Ignore the phone. This is a good idea even when you aren't working on a NaNoWriMo challenge.
Invest in ear-plugs. Essential for ignoring the phone and other distractions.
Nuts are essential. Typically, you have to be nuts to attempt NaNo, but you also should really buy some too. Nibbly snacks are an important tool to have when you will probably forget to stop and eat.
Giving up is not an option! You can do this! You will do this! The NaNoWriMo 2010 Winner's Badge will be yours!
11 comments:
Nice tips, and great pep talk. :)
Go-Team-Go! Erm, Write-Team-Write!
Bah, whatever. Just go write something.
(That's my counter-motivation^ *nodnodnod*)
Bring on the NaNoWriMo!
Fantastic motivational piece! love it!
Yay! Thank you.. I need a cheering section!! lol
Excellent! I'm glad the tips and the motivational angle helps!
Bring on the NaNo indeed. *nods* I'm starting to get excited now. Scared, but excited. *snort*
Love it, thanks! I'll come back to this halfway through, when I'm in need of the pep talk all over again. Looking forward to November!
What's that on the far horizon???
Looks like Nanowrimo!!!
Soon, the madness begins anew!
Must . . . resist . . . Bejeweled . . . Blitz!
Great post.
Can't write OVER it!
Can't write Under it!
Can't write AROUND it!
Gotta write THROUGH IT!
YAY! Great post, Tara!
Wonderful...great post, thank you. Just discovered your wonderful blog. I will be back. Thanks Rayna for letting me know...
Yay! I'm really pleased this post has motivated some of you guys! Awesome!
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