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NaPoWriMo Fail

April24

napowrimo_plum I’ve not been as dedicated to NaPoWriMo this year as I was last year, and as a result I’ve written, so far, ten haiku and five poems (one of which was very very long, but still). It’s day 24 and I don’t think I can write nine poems today to catch up, so I’m admitting defeat. However, it was still worth doing - I wrote five poems and ten haiku! I’ll continue to post the inspirational poems at my blog in case anybody is benefitting from them.

Instead this weekend I’m going to try to finish the transplant story I’ve been picking away at for the past two months, and get at least partially caught up on submissions.

posted by Joanne under NaPoWriMo
3 Comments to

“NaPoWriMo Fail”

  1. On April 25th, 2010 at 7:44 pm Mary Says:

    I must respectably disagree. You sound as though you are succeeding! But perhaps “NoPoWriMo Change of Goals” doesn’t have the same snap to it :)

  2. On April 26th, 2010 at 8:12 am Joanne Merriam Says:

    I don’t feel bad about it - I got more accomplished for sure!

  3. On May 24th, 2010 at 11:28 am Wendy Babiak Says:

    Joanne, I failed bigger than you this year. I’ve decided I don’t respond as well as I used to to external motivators, part of my inherent obstinacy This year, too, life totally colluded against my writing, but thankfully has settled down…I’ve got the house back to myself (during the day) and look forward to being more poetically productive. Onwards!

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