Today, I went to a NaNoWriMo meet and met some people from Northern Ireland. It was pretty fun and it got me thinking.
The reason for us all coming together is because we are all writing a novel, not a challenge many people undertake. The fact is, if it weren't for NaNoWriMo we'd all be pretty alone in our novel-writing undertaking and I don't think we'd all make it to 50 000 words if we weren't trying to make it as part of a challenge. By being with other people, we push ourselves to beat them, or match them, or to 'win'.
It's good to know that there are other people who are pushing themselves too, who need encouragement and support to make it and keep those fingers typing. By us all doing the same task, we might be alone, but at least we are together in that. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite movie that says;
The reason for us all coming together is because we are all writing a novel, not a challenge many people undertake. The fact is, if it weren't for NaNoWriMo we'd all be pretty alone in our novel-writing undertaking and I don't think we'd all make it to 50 000 words if we weren't trying to make it as part of a challenge. By being with other people, we push ourselves to beat them, or match them, or to 'win'.
It's good to know that there are other people who are pushing themselves too, who need encouragement and support to make it and keep those fingers typing. By us all doing the same task, we might be alone, but at least we are together in that. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite movie that says;
"So now, alone or not, you've got a walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too."
So next time you are feeling alone, just remember, there are probably other people who are lonely too and even if you don't know them, you aren't alone because you are together in your loneliness.
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