Mission Accomplished! Now What?
Well, I did it. Enter a blog post each day for a whole month. Mission accomplished! Yes, I did cheat a bit as I was on vacation for two weeks and so I had to plan and schedule posts, but in a way that only meant more work. It was an interesting experience, but I am not sure if forcing myself to write something benefited the quality of some of the posts. I don’t know. I am not sure if I will do it again next year, but you’ll never know. I might.
I also came across NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Write Month. On November 1, begin writing your novel. Your goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by midnight, local time, on November 30th. Starting November 1, you can update your word count in that box at the top of the site, and post excerpts of your work for others to read. Watch your word-count accumulate and story take shape. If you write 50,000 words of fiction by midnight, local time, November 30th, you can upload your novel for official verification, and be added to our hallowed Winner’s Page and receive a handsome winner’s certificate and web badge. We’ll post step-by-step instructions on how to scramble and upload your novel starting in mid-November. This seems like an interesting challenge as well, and something which can be combined with the NaBloPoMo (as I can submit the daily writing to my blog). Yet I won’t be writing a novel, but have some ideas for a book. Luckily I still have 11 months to decide.
So, now what? Well, I think I am going to take a small break from blogging. I may post here and there, but no long series, no deep theological stuff. Apart from December being a busy month as it is, I will also be preaching on the topic of Christian dating (so I might submit my notes to my blog), and am working on a paper/teaching on eschatology, which should be done by February, and I am working on a document for the vision and implementation of a men’s ministry for my church, so there is plenty to do apart from blogging.
But it has been a good experience in terms of disciplining myself. I can still grow a lot in the area of discipline. Now I am not saying that being disciplined in blogging, but the underlying theme can be applied in other fields obviously.
Lastly, Eric, thank you for inspiring me to join on on this NaBloPoMo quest. I had fun!
Until I post again,
Marc
He Marc,
Thanks for all you posts. I planned on reading all of them, every day, but… I cheated a bit too, I must say. I scanned most of them and gave almost all of them a yellow star in my Google Reader, so I’m reminded that I have to read them another time. they sure sound interesting enough.
Good luck with the stuff you’re busy with. And with your work. And with your family. And with your relationship with Him.
It’s hard work, keep your priorities right…
Michaël Belgraver
November 30, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Congratulations, Marc! I’ve still got to do my last post for the month… but that should happen in the next hour or so. It’s been fun — especially having you do it alongside of me.
Eric Asp
November 30, 2008 at 8:06 pm