Last year I participated in (and completed) NaNoWriMo. I really enjoyed it and relished the opportunity to try something new and push myself to achieve a set goal. This year, I’m not going to do it, and I’d just like to specify why.
This year is the most important for me (in terms of education.) And whilst I realise that school work is meant to get progressively harder, I can’t have any distractions over the next few months, because without doing well this year, I won’t get into university. That’s the sad truth.
So I’ll miss you, NaNoWriMo. Even as I type this, I’m thinking ‘but couldn’t I risk it? Just give it a go?’ But I know that my school work is more important, and it’s just not realistic to expect myself to be able to cope with work, school work and writing a 50,000 word novel.
I promise, next year.
