I have amazing time management skills when I’m crazy busy. Only 20 minutes between the completion of this revision and my next conference call? Fill the gap with NaNoWriMo! Using this method of zero down time, I’ve plowed ahead with random fictional passages, jumping across that mythical halfway point and ending up at 67% by the middle of this morning.
But now, the scheduling crisis has passed. The remainder of my day is more or less flexible. I can almost guarantee that I won’t even write another word of fiction again until tomorrow morning. Making time is a funny thing.
I’m now more confident that I’ll hit the magical 50,000 word mark, but I haven’t found the process to be nearly as enjoyable as previous years. I think it’s time to consider taking a year off in 2010.