give it another try.

That's right. I'm giving National Novel Writing Month another try this year. After the epic fail of last year, I can hardly do worse, but instead of making my goal to finish 50,000 words, it will be simply to write as often as I can. If I make it to 50,000 words, awesome, if not--my time will not have been wasted. I just need to get back into the habit again.

Thanks to Ellar for giving me this much needed quote:

"Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think

about this, because it is the key to making art and very possibly the key to finding

any semblance of happiness in life. Every time I have set out to translate the book (or

story, or hopelessly long essay) that exists in such brilliant detail on the big screen

of my limbic system onto a piece of paper (which, let's face it, was once a towering

tree crowned with leaves and a home to birds), I grieve for my own lack of talent and

intelligence. Every. Single. Time. Were I smarter, more gifted, I could pin down a closer

facsimile of the wonders I see. I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of

constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being

writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can't write the book I want to write, but I can

and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout the course

of my life I will forgive myself."

      --Anne Patchett