Guilt, Thankfulness, and November

This morning, I wrote 786 words in front of the TV, wasting electricity as I was lost in my writing. But I broke another rule other than energy conservation, I edited my NaNoWriMo novel in the midst of writing… it is supposed to be about free writing, aka, get it down, edit later, tell your inner editor to, quite frankly, “take a hike!” for a month.

Y’all know I rarely edit more than a word or two in my poetry, where on earth did this editor in me come from? Especially since I need to make up for lost writing time!

Now, I have to go get housework or office work done to ease guilt over ignoring it to blog, order things online, waste electricity, break rules, and write.

Wait, where did that come from? This is not the month to suddenly “grow up” and feel guilt! This half of the month is about being thankful, eating, family and friends, giving, and NaNoWriMo fever, writing what is within our heads and hearts!

But then I suppose, the “grow up” and feel guilt could be considered to fall under the category of being thankful, because sometimes growing up enough to feel guilt actually results as yet another way of recognizing just how thankful we should be.

Maybe that is what my character, Sheila was trying to tell me this morning? Maybe not?

Curious? I post random, but carefully chosen, brief excerpts from:

my by-the-seat-of-my-pants, aka, whatever-comes-out-of-my-head-at-the-moment, NaNoWriMo writing, hopefully future novel, “Why Don’t Washing Machines Beep?”.

Oh my gosh, I just this second tied in my title to what I was writing! Quick, Marcia, write it down.

NaNoWrMo month is so perfect for those of us who don’t pre-plan; we get wonderful surprises! Writing is free falling while knowing I have a unbreakable and huge safety net beneath me, and we all know safety is foremost for me.

I hope you have something in your life that brings such a NATURAL high to your life.