We are doing this because we're crazy writers with a strive to do awesome things that people would only dream of doing. We are doing this because we have motivation to spend our days, drinking coffee and discovering main characters. We are doing this because through writing, we understand more about ourselves and the world around us. We are taken in by the world we have created. We meet new people, we discover traits and personalities and situations that we ourselves may never land in.
We are doing this because we have a need. We have a need to keep on writing and keep on dreaming. We write because we have an active imagination. An imagination that cannot just stay in the mind. It has to branch out and have an outlet.
This is why we tackle something as crazy as NaNo. Yes, it's 50,000 words in a month. Yes we go crazy on caffeine or blast music or shoo everyone away that attempts to mess up our word sprint or the sentence we were in the middle of.
Yes, these novels may or may not actually go somewhere. Maybe it'll get published, maybe it'll be in a writing portfolio for a later class. Maybe it will just sit on our computer. But we will have accomplished something big. We will have accomplished what we set out to do.
To all my fellow NaNoers not only in June, but in August and November, write and keep on writing. Because this is what we do best.
Well said! Many times I have attempted to explain to my non-NaNo friends (not only my non-writing friends) the logic behind the activity, but many times I have failed to convey it correctly. I'll definitely remember how you've put it next time it's brought up! <3
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