Why I’m not doing Nanowrimo this year

Back in October I reviewed all my yet-unmet goals for the year, the relevant one here being to finish my novel, and decided not to participate in Nanowrimo. I miss it, but the last thing I need is another rough draft on my hard-drive and no progress on the revision of my WIP.

The plan was to do a nano-level push on revision, but so far it hasn’t happened. I could make lots of excuses, I’ve certainly been busy enough, but I think the real problem is avoidance. It’s getting too close to finished and finishing is scary.

Or maybe it’s because my next step is to sort through a 2-inch stack of notes and organize the ones I want to apply to the novel. I just know that’s going to be a lot of work, so I look for something easier or quicker to do instead. And there’s always something.