arthaey wrote:Serpent wrote:I don't understand how it's possible for it not to Is there any success story that doesn't involve sleep deprivation?arthaey wrote:But for me, to write 50,000 [L1] words takes up all my non-sleeping/eating/working time.
Some WriMos are very experienced writers, or just fast writers, and they finish ridiculously quickly. Like, done in a week, so they make their goal 200,000 words kind of ridiculous. We are honor-bound to hate* these people.
* and by "hate" I mean "be in awe, filled with jealousy and/or admiration"
One of my MLs is one of these people. The last towering effort was to write 200,000 words in a month for charity. She did take time off work to complete though. Her girlfriend of the time managed to match her without breaking a sweat (or her work attendance record, as far as I know!)
Spoonary wrote:In the spirit of writing "like the wind" in November, what happens if you don't know a word in your target language? Would you take the time to look it up or would you just write the word in English (/your native language) and carry on?
Perhaps you can write it in English and then look it up later? Maybe keep a list of words you want to look up for non-writing time. That way you won't break your flow too much, and won't feel tempted to revise (which is officially not allowed - not that I ever pay attention to that!)