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My heart really hurts right now. I can't figure out how it's gonna work anymore...

:(

Today was supposed to be happy.

Growth

My plot seeds are growing! From a tiny little seed I'm starting to see sprouts of something that could potentially turn out amazing... If only I can grow it properly.

You see, I am someone who doesn't come up with good solutions to plot problems when I'm not under pressure. Even now, I can tell you the things I know about my little baby plot are just the characters and setting. I don't even hardly know the characters. Pressure forces me to think outside of the box... outside of the little novel world and into what would anger me most if I was reading it. Because that is one of the things that has always kept me reading something. If I'm mad, I wanna keep going til I'm happy with it again. That could just be me, but that's how it's always been. Under pressure, I have to keep going despite the little rabbit trails and traps along the way. I think that's the reason I survived NaNo last year.

That... and a laptop. Which I presently fail to own... I don't know what I'm going to do without one. But I shall make it work. Paper or electronically. Because this story demands to be written. So keep going despite your adversity and I'll keep going despite mine. :)

Support System

So today was rather productive. I went to school, got some research done, put in some hard work as a library TA, and tried to wrap my brain around some new concepts in Calculus AP. How that's gonna work for NaNoWriMo... I dunno. But this year is gonna happen, just like it did last year. I just know it.

I kind of wanted to talk about the importance of having a support system for surviving NaNoWriMo this year. It's crucial to have at least one other person also undergoing NaNoWriMo with you for many reasons.

It's such a help to have someone to relate with! If you're the only person in your household participating and don't know anyone else going through with it, you often feel as though no one understands you. You're lonely, your friends are tired of hearing about how your stubborn MC won't keep the story moving for you, and you're just plain stuck. A support system buddy(or buddies!), especially local ones you can actually meet with, can provide those things you're missing! You'll have someone to gripe with you when you plateau around 25k words, someone to war with to boost that word count, and someone you can count on when your plot gets too tangled for you to make heads or tails of it.

Just something to think about as NaNoWriMo approaches.

(PS, I got some stuff for my NaNo Survival kit today! Hershey's kisses. Yum. :) )