In which I talk about the positive and negative aspects of art challenge. Then I explain how I like to participate in them and offer tips to people considering joining art challenges.
I love the idea of both inktober and nanowrimo but I always fail at the execution. First of all, every single day job I've had is the BUSIEST around October/november. That sets me up for failure from the start. Now as for nanowrimo - it's just doesn't mesh with my process. I'm a planner. I plan out my writing from the big plot points, to scenes, and only when I know where I'm going I sit down to write. Freewriting is a useful warm up exercise for me but I wouldn't attempt a novel that way, because trying to cut out anything useful out of a 50k word diarrhea just doesn't seem like a good use of my time.
Inktober is more achievable, but no matter how 'simple' I promise myself to keep it I can never make it simple and quick enough to produce 30 drawings in 30 days. I have two unfinished Inktobers that I'm slowly finishing and even though I promise myself I won't embark on the third one, I surely will. I can already see it - mini gouache paintings. Tiny and simple, I promise.
It is soooo easy to go way too big with inktober! And I absolutely understand oct and Nov are a busy season.
I too am a planner, but I usually do a very detailed outline before nanowrimo and just do the actual writing in November. My outlines are so detailed I usually end up knocking out the 50k words in the first two weeks 😅 Free writing is not my style either.
Yes, I did that once. But o f course that means working on the outline inOctober … during inktober 😅 July is a slow month for me now. Why nothing in July!
I love the idea of both inktober and nanowrimo but I always fail at the execution. First of all, every single day job I've had is the BUSIEST around October/november. That sets me up for failure from the start. Now as for nanowrimo - it's just doesn't mesh with my process. I'm a planner. I plan out my writing from the big plot points, to scenes, and only when I know where I'm going I sit down to write. Freewriting is a useful warm up exercise for me but I wouldn't attempt a novel that way, because trying to cut out anything useful out of a 50k word diarrhea just doesn't seem like a good use of my time.
Inktober is more achievable, but no matter how 'simple' I promise myself to keep it I can never make it simple and quick enough to produce 30 drawings in 30 days. I have two unfinished Inktobers that I'm slowly finishing and even though I promise myself I won't embark on the third one, I surely will. I can already see it - mini gouache paintings. Tiny and simple, I promise.
It is soooo easy to go way too big with inktober! And I absolutely understand oct and Nov are a busy season.
I too am a planner, but I usually do a very detailed outline before nanowrimo and just do the actual writing in November. My outlines are so detailed I usually end up knocking out the 50k words in the first two weeks 😅 Free writing is not my style either.
Yes, I did that once. But o f course that means working on the outline inOctober … during inktober 😅 July is a slow month for me now. Why nothing in July!