chocolatepot | Nobody wants to hear about other people's NaNos, I know (Reply)

But it's funny, the difference between this year and the times I did it in undergrad. The main thing that's extremely apparent is the fact that grad school taught me the ability to sit down and force myself to spew text from my fingertips. I remember having a few papers in undergrad that were like pulling teeth (I'm pretty sure I cried over one), but I didn't really figure out the "just get the words out, no matter how stupid they are" for a couple more years.

Is it just me, or are fewer people doing NaNo this year? Or is it just that maybe my flisters who generally do it are in the (large) subsection of my flist that is no longer posting?

I'm worried that I'm being too romancey because I can't come up with things to happen to the heroine without the guy. It's just ... she's so focused! She's too much like me! And nothing happens to me! Maybe in a couple of chapters. I'm not really outlining with this one, there are a few things that need to happen, but overall I'm trying to go with the whole NaNo idea of "I'm stuck - let's make an unexpected problem for the characters!"

Non-NaNo news: I finished hemming the demi-polonaise! It's not exactly even and I still need a bouffante to bulk it out, but the actual garment itself is done (minus trim, which I should do, probably) and that is a big deal for me.