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NOSEY: Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter coming to you this November to announce - Yes, once again! - it's time for another Insecure Writer Support meeting. *looks around* Everyone, sit in your seat and grab a Gum Drop Island chocolate bar while we hip, hop, boogey 'roung the blogs to 'be nosy' and see what everyone else has to say. Heh heh.
Now, as a reminder the purpose of ISWG is:
Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!
And so, November's question is:
Win or not, do you usually finish your NaNo project? Have any of them gone on to be published?
MM: *calls off stage* Nosey, are you asking me?
NOSEY: Uhhh, only if I've gotta.
MM: Well, have you written a NaNo project?
NOSEY: Um...now that you mention it--
MM: Of course you haven't. So I'll take it from here. *grabs Nosey's microphone*
MM: Greetings, my fellow Nosey fans. As that famous official unofficial reporter announced, this month's official unofficial ISWG question is posed: Win or not, do you usually finish your NaNo project? Have any of them gone on to be published?
MM: My answer? I signed up for NaNo once and it took about 24 hours for me to discover that my creativity was frustrated by a "have to" attitude, as in "have to" finish by set deadline. So no, I did not finish and that particular project was finished outside of NaNo.
NOSEY: *gasps* What? You didn't finish? My creator quit? You quit a project?
MM: *waves hand* Pfft. I had to, Nosey, so that I could daydream and conceive the likes of you.
NOSEY: Yeah? *puffs out chest* Well, in that case you've given cyberspace the ultimate prize, heh heh.
MM: I thought you'd see it that way. *turns to address audience* Everyone, the blog is active so keep on clicking.
NOSEY: Gimme that. *snatches microphone away from MM* Just because I'm a prize don't mean you can steal my Feeling Nosey? spotlight. *clears throat* Until next month, this is Pukelitzer Prize award winning I.B. Nosey signing off!
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(Hop over to ISWG here)
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Nosey, you were a much better creation!
ReplyDeleteI'm adverse to the "have to" pressure too!
ReplyDeleteThis is hysterical - thanks for the giggles :-) Such a creative answer to this month's question.
ReplyDeleteI don't participate in the NaNo either. I need time to daydream as well!
ReplyDeleteMary at Play off the Page
@Alex J. Cavanaugh, I couldn't agree more! Heh heh.
ReplyDelete@cleemckenzie, yeah "have to" ain't nuthin' like "wanna to", right? Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDelete@theCynicalSailor, that's what I.B. Nosey is all about! Except maybe, ya know, good looks, a famous tweedy-weedy blazer, atomic microphone...
ReplyDelete@MaryAalgaard, daydreaming is what created me so I'm all for it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for Feeling Nosey? today!
Quitting NaNo to create Nosey was fated. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by my blog and relating to my insecurity. It really meant a lot. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I couldn't find you and life got in the way.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that MM quit NaNo to create you. You're worth it.
I could see how the "have to" is off-putting. I do that with many things. For me, it ended up as a "can I?" and then turned into "Kids, it's November, the only month Mama gets to try and really push to make a dent in writing. Do you know what that means? No? Well, what it means is go ask your daddy. Love you! Now leave."
ReplyDeleteYeah... I wasn't such a huge fan either. The muse definitely runs scared when NaNo comes knocking.
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