Today's Nanowrimo Inspirational Diatribe; Or, Don't Say We Never Did Anything For You
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
We signed ourself up for some kind of NaNoWriMotivation mailing list on accident, and are now receiving regular chirpy emails ("Eat chocolate! Take a break! Don't give up! NaNoWriMo LOVES therejectionist!" REALLY? you DO? are you SURE? we are a cranky pain in the ass and require extremely regular feedings, just ask our Support Team, and don't say we didn't warn you) that make us want to kick a puppy a little bit. But also remind us how IMPORTANT it is for us to ADHERE TO OUR GOALS. How are YOUR Goals doing today, Author-friends? Hmm? Hmm? Do your Goals need a little watering? Some snacks? A nice WHISKEY? We have faith in you, little tigers! Rowlr!
So maybe Our Goals are languishing quietly in the same dank hidey-hole wherein we have abandoned our Conscience, our Faith in Humanity, and our Work Ethic, but we're sure they will all get along JUST FINE TOGETHER.
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I hear ya. Last year I received those infernal chirpy messages. I never could get them to remove me from the list.
i actually haven't been getting them. I guess that's good because i am ahead of my goals (by two days) so apparently i don't need the motivation.
These motivational blurbs were the brain child of Jack Torrence, conceived while he was writing his masterpieces "All Work and No Play"
Who ever said he was a dull boy?
My blog post today is all about making NaNoWriMo work for you. Don't let those goals languish! Squeeze them into shape like so much Play-Doh until you like them better!
I can do nothing to help out with your Work Ethic and Faith in Humanity, however. If you see mine, tell them I said "hi."
Rowlr? Although creative, the presence of that word has me a bit worried. Perhaps I should cut back on my regular shipment this week...
Have some FRUIT WATER. And don't be afraid to guzzle it.
Thank you, Rejectionist.
Rejectionist... you always make my day better. :)
My Goals are trying to be Goals, but as of now they are merely goals. Conversely, by Butt wishes it were only a butt.
My Bad Temper is trying to goad my goals into being Goals, but so far, only my Desire to Eat Cheez-Its has been intensified.
In other requests, please send more Cheez-Its, at the request of my Butt.
What is this workethic? Some kind of European thing?
Rowlr is what TIGERS SAY, Lydia.
Rowlr is what TIGERS SAY, Lydia.
Actually, that sounds more like the COUGAR IN HEAT at 40 seconds in.
Strangely, yours is the only industry blog that doesn't depress me into indulging in an alcohol coma.
Thank you, thank you.
The Goals and I partied over the weekend at the Write In, but they haven't called me since.
Sigh.
Well now that I'm a Little Tiger my Goals are within reach. And by "within reach" I mean I am aware of them in some distant, mildly amused fashion.
Thank you, NaNoWriMo Master, for the motivation and THANK GOD I don't get those chirrupy messages argh!
LOL :) Thanks - I havne't got to nano today, but I feel better now!!
I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year, but I haven't done anything. I can't procrastinate about NaNoWriMo until I finish procrastinating about the rewrite I'm still working on but at least the existence of NaNoWriMo on my list of things to procrastinate about means that procrastinating about mailing Christmas cards and angsting about too many relatives and not enough money for presents can be pushed back into December, where it belongs, Deck The Damn Halls playing on the Walmart Television Network not withstanding.
Hey! My word verification is "suespal" Sue's pal! And my middle name is Sue, so youse must be my pal! *insert cheesy grin here*
I am scared of NaNoWriMo, which strikes me as the literary equivalent of a hot dog eating contest.
That said, My Goals have formed a punk band and trying to figure out what lyrics would justify the weaving of tampons into their hair and the wearing of torn fishnet stockings, given that they are, after all, forty-some year old Goals.
Goals? Motivation? Ah, so that's what I've been missing.
I've been tempted to sign up for NaNoWriMo to see if I could finish a novel in a month, but I keep trying to do it on my own instead. And I probably would get annoyed by motivational emails...or maybe I'd just ignore them.
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