Having taken a few days off for a friend's wedding, I am desperately struggling with my NaNo. The key to success is definitely making sure that you some Every Single Day, even if it's just a couple hundred of words, otherwise - if you're like me, at least - you will find your concentration and enthusiasm dwindling, and your mind wandering to other projects you would far rather be doing.
As it is, I've decided not to worry and let myself take a break. I love it enough to know that I will certainly return to it soon enough, but right now I'm going to concentrate on my work and use my fanfiction as my Hobby Writing.
I have been writing this particular fic on and off since 2006(!!) and I consider it to be my Masterpiece. Of course, the quality of writing has changed massively over the years, but looking back at the beginning of it, I don't cringe as much as I do with other things and, over all, I wouldn't change a thing about it. I definitely intend to finish it and have it on my bookshelf as the definitive work of my early writing-life, and at the moment the word count sits at 119,678 words. Which is quite a lot.
I wish that I was working on it more frequently, but my Harry Potter passions are very sporadic. Although, when they do get me, they get me hard. It's definitely my favourite state of being, and I am reminded of how ardently I fell in love with Potter all over again. It's my safe spot and my area of expertise, and oh! how I wish I could make a living out of it!! Coming back to this fic is like sinking into a hot, bubbly bath and feeling all of your muscles relax after a day travelling on a coach.
Finishing is a very long way off, but we'll get there in another ten years or so!
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