Anyone Not Doing Writers Camp/ NaNoWriMo?

[DasIstWunderblyat]

I feel like alone here, while all the threads are like blablabla Writers Camp and blablabla NaNoWriMo. Is this what called peer pressure?

So anyone not joining because don't want to or can't do it and any other reasons? What are you doing to pass November instead? Focus on life? Focus on main project?

I'm not joining NanoWriMo because I don't want to; such kind of even distrupt my flow, and these times are busiest time in the year that even keeping up with main project is hard. I don't join Writers Camp because it's not like I will win or anything, so why waste my effort?

Also good luck for those who join, us just can be cheerleaders!

[amberberry]

Don't worry, you aren't the only one. I'm not participating either although I really wanted to. But I have my previous project from July's Writer's Camp still unfinished so I wanted to wrap that up first before starting any new projects, especially I haven't been able to write so much because of being busy in university.
I did have story in mind and all but decided not to do it and maybe save the story for the next camp, whenever that is. Hopefully by then I've finished my current story...

[Penni]

I am not participating either, mostly cause I had my time in the limelight and I'm super busy now!

[spicy_sweets]

I'm not doing writers camp because my wip needs attention
BUT I'm doing nano so I can get off my ass and actually work on my wips, not to reach the 50k. I also won't be posting the result of nano here until the book gets revised ;;

[ar-ninetysix]

Well, I'm not participating because I'm working on a project already, working on something else ain't gonna be possible for me, at the moment. Even if I had the time, I don't feel skilled enough to pull it off quite yet, since I'm new to writing. I'd rather get a few projects done before I give either one a shot, you know?

[Raven_C]

i was planning to do it but I'm not able to anymore because I was accepted to a convention and other projects, so it's taking up my time to draw other stuff now. Hopefully Writer's Camp will be around for a long time so i can participate in the future

[silverraven0]

I can't join now since I ended up very busy with my job and other things. Wanna join again next year tho.

[joannekwan]

I'm not. Can't push myself to do so with 3 on-going comics and some other freelance work to do.
I've been slowly jabbing at my novella though!

[Pan]

I'm not doing writers camp this time around. I got a lot of attention in the previous camp, and I want to take time to work on my two stories that are out, as well as a special project I'm working on ^^ In the future I'd like to join again, but this time I'm sitting it out!

[DasIstWunderblyat]

@amberberry same here! Studies and research thingies have been dragging me busy, I hope you good luck!
@Penni That's very considerate of you and yeah people seems to get busier near the end of the year.
@spicy_sweets That's a great motivation, not sure if it work for me

And @ar-ninetysix @Raven_C @silverraven0 @joannekwan @Pan good look in your project/ job/convention

[user404]

I keep hearing about it in the forums too and I'm not participating mostly because I can't write that good, aaand I am also quite busy working on the second chapter for my comic.

[spadesart]

unfortunately my novel started just before the camp was announced so i couldnt submit it, but ive been working on keeping sundowns backlog big. atm i have episodes scheduled up to next year!

[darkone4587]

Well I'm mostly doing it to garner some views and attention for my work, aside from that I know I'm going to lose but at least I get a few eyes my way.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

Is it true that in these times Writers Camp entry will receive more attention than say... A regular novel updated?
(So that these time is worse time to post a novel that is not NaNoWriMo/Writers Camp)

[DasIstWunderblyat]

@Sketchylinez seconded this! I'm suck and my novel is getting nowhere... So I don't have confidence joining one Good luck on your project!

@stnmaren I see, good luck for next year! That's nice stategy

[AmysGames]

Yeeeaaah, I've done NaNoWriMo before and it can be a lot of fun, but I decided I'd be better off focusing on other projects this year lol. Good luck to everyone participating though!

[Littlemissno]

As for me, I was really looking forward to participating in Camp because it makes me work on my writing skills, but also because I can get more readers that way than when camp isn't ongoing. Last camp I got a quite a few who always left me great comments on my entry, and that never happens for me, even if I've heard that my story is good. People just don't like to comment which I understand. I don't really comment as much either, but because fellow writers know what that feels like, they are all very encouraging. Camp is also fun (if you plan your story ahead of time lmao). I've never done Nanowrimo before and I don't really know if I would enter if I was free, but my creative writing class is already keeping me stressed out this semester, not to mention I'm preparing to fill out college applications to hopefully transfer schools next fall. I'm writing, just not anything longer than scattered short 4-10 page stories.

Good luck to anyone who is entering! And if you aren't, let's all look forward to the next one

[J.Lovelace]

I'm not as confident in my writing as my drawing skills, so I'll pass any writing contests.
Maybe I'll feel better about it in the future.
For now - nah.

[directorador]

I plan on writing 50k this month, but not on a novel. No I want to scattered the words throughout a few works, that bridge some plot things from other stories. Connecting other works to much larger arcs of the universe and so on.
right now, I'm aiming for another 3k words on A Continuum of Night. it's about a primordial night deity and this god of the hunt from another universe that destroy's the primordial's love child for the sake of a weapon to destroy pantheons of their universe.
I just want to be creative is all. I don't have any ideas for any novel length works, even my novella is on the back burner for now while I work on more short stories. I would love to find some more authors to share my work with and get feedback, but for now, I just enjoy writing. I have tried hosting stories on this site before, and get like 5 views on them, so it doesn't seem like the site for me with my writings. but I host my comics here and they do well.

[lil-sea-salt]

Well yes and no. I just feel like I don't have the time. I work/study 60 hour weeks and this is my most difficult year. I have done it before and it's amazing . . . but my fanbase I know will not accept lower quality work. I have been curating my content a bit more and it is paying off. nanowrimo/writerscamp is not something i have time to sit and edit . . . it's a glorified first draft . . . for me anyways.

Higher quality is more time. I think the bigger creators on here are such production powerhouses that I would like with the little hobby time I have just to focus on highest production value I can deliver. I'm never going to be biggest on here, but I want to create the best that I can for the people who support me.