Do you NaNoWriMo? Have you ever? This year, so far I’ve written just over 6K since Tuesday (November 1) and am fighting against myself every step of the way.

I’m a reviser. I revise as I go. I write and then I go back and rewrite. It’s just part of my process. Anyway, this is a good and a bad thing. But yesterday I started questioning whether I shouldn’t be writing this novel in 3rd person (which is a more comfortable POV for me) instead of 1st.

See, I was trying to sabbotage myself before I’d even gotten my feet wet. I was trying to trick myself into starting the whole thing over again.

Well, I’m not falling for it. I’m going to keep going and when I finish the draft, then I will go back and see if 3rd person isn’t better.

I’ve written novels before, but never in a month. Over a series of months, years. And then rewritten them and let them sit. Honestly, I do enjoy NaNoWriMo–love the collective energy of it–but 50K in a month does not a novel make. That’s a portion of a first draft. Still, it’s something.

Okay. Sorry for babbling. Just, once again, sabbotaging self by getting off track.