2 Reasons Why It Is NaNoWriNot For Me

I think National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fabulous idea. I have a lot of friends participating. And the desire to take part calls to me.

But I just can't do it. Or at least not this year.

Writing a new yarn with reckless abandon . . . not caring about spelling, punctuation, or other grammatical nuisances, and certainly not caring if the entire story threads together in a proper fashion on this first draft . . . is something I would love to do.  But I have a problem. One of the rules is that your NaNo project should not be a current work in progress. It should be a new idea so that you can cut the chains which bind you to perfect story and just TYPE LIKE CRAZY.

That is why I can't make myself do it. I am woefully behind on my WIP. Any writing time that I do have, I must be dedicating to Heaven's Garden. And as for just letting go and typing and not spelling and not caring about mechanics and stuff makes me feel like I am running through a forest of