Chris Baty is an Idiot

Chris Baty is a Genious. Nanowrimo isn’t anything horribly complex, it just is psychologically an extremely interesting mix. It takes all the good of peer pressure, the structure of procrastination, a time limit, a doable but tough goal, combined with just enough insanity..

But, it is at a horrible time. Whoever though that November was a good month to write a 50,000 word novel apparently has never lived my live. Without going ad nasuem into all the reasons her are just a few:

1. Academic terms are right near their end. For any variety of student we’re already under a much larger workload than normal.
2. Thanksgiving takes time out for all that family stuff.
3. Hurricane season lasts through this month. In any case those of us unfortunate enough to work in an industry affected by hurricanes will be cleaning up the paperwork for the next three months, the bulk of which is really hitting the fan right now.
4. Its the start of dark dreary cool weather, I want to be outside!

So here is what I’m going to do. I’m going to pick up the month of Nanowrimo and move it February. I’ve always thought February was a rather boring month and nearly a perfect fit. You’re not working off the hangover from New Years, and you’re not yet in the school crunch, and the fucking hurricanes have disappeared almost out of your memory. (only to be revisited by dinner in March to recognize for the efforts around the hurricanes that started in June (yeah Banana land is timely.))

So February, will be NaNiNoWrimo!