May update

So, May has come already, and I have so much left to write!

What’s that? Nano, you say? Oh yeah, that… Well, I finished with 10 686 words, which I reached on the 25^th April. Rather than 25 000. You could say I have failed. Or you could say it’s 10k closer to the end, which is how I like to look at things (I’ve been trying to ban words like ‘failure’ from my vocabulary. It’s tough.).

You might have noticed I didn’t write anything in the last 5 days of the Nano, which is disgraceful and all. You might ask what on earth I’ve been doing all this time that could be more important.

Well, I’ll enlighten you. I have paid taxes, gone cycling, looked for a job, gone to interviews, looked for more jobs, written application forms, visited relatives, celebrated birthdays, gone running, read a trilogy, opened mail, cleaned the bathroom… life, in short. And life has given me little time for writing.

Now I have read that real writers always find time for writing. I’ll argue I’ve written lots, but only in my head. I’ll admit, though, writing hasn’t been my priority. In fact it’s been pretty low on the list. I mean, come on! Behind cleaning the bathroom? It doesn’t get much lower than that. Yet they were things I felt I ought to do, whereas writing is for pleasure, and therefore optional. I suppose that’s the beauty of the NaNo, when done following the rules: writing becomes your priority. For it to work, you have to accept that life will come second.

But now it’s the bank holiday, and although I have a costume to make and more application forms to do and a course to prepare… I’ll make time. Because when I take the time to think about it, I remember how much I love my world.