Novel writing, headaches, and perseverance.

Yep, I did it again; I signed up for National Novel Writing Month.  For those who are unfamiliar with the insanity known as Nanowrimo, in the month of November you challenge yourself to write 50,000 words of a novel.

It's not about completeness- few novels are that short.  It's not about perfection- if you stop to edit everything you'll never get to 50,000 words.  It's not about pretty - there will be lots of crying, denying, and lying during this whole month.

It is about writing 50,000 new words (novel words.)  It is about setting your mind on a goal and pushing yourself toward it come Hades or the flood.  It is about perseverance that will hopefully rub off and keep your rolling through the next months of completing the project and then the long days of editing.

What does it have to do with relationships?  Well, I could be blunt and share when I'm pushing to write that much I'm not very relational. :)  Or that people who haven't showered for days due to frenzied writing are not going to have their relationships very long.  Or that when you write a novel about your friends and don't change the names to protect the innocent it isn't very relational.

Really, it is about the perseverance.  Relationships take perseverance.  They aren't about completeness because they are always changing (you are always changing!)  They aren't about perfection - there is no such thing, especially in a relationship.  And they aren't always pretty - there is crying, denying, and lying galore.

However, if you persevere, if you do the skills even when they seem like they aren't working, if you keep yourself on the healthy side of the line - you can come out with something really beautiful.  Even if it is a work in progress.

Your courageous work is to persevere.  Keep using the skills, keep being/acting/thinking healthy even if you aren't doing it perfectly.  Challenge yourself to do something differently and better.  Push yourself to achieve and realize you'll always be editing.  That's okay.

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