,GiveMeLove? wrote:I think i might have depresson..

And my novel is going no where. I might as well give up.
*starts singing, 'YOUR HALFWAY THERE, AND LOOKING GOOD NOW....'*
Seriously. Don't. Such massive regret will haunt you. I have to go, and can't make a full fledged pep talk like I did earlier, but just remember-
Writing is your passion. After all, that's why you do Nano. You WILL have to sacrifice this month- I don't deny that. But how much sweeter will it be after you win? The harder you work now, the better you'll feel later. If it's easy, it isn't a big accomplishment, is it? But when you give up things, when you sacrifice, when you work yourself to exhaustion- I can't even describe that moment when you look down and see your wordcount is 50,000. It's an amazing feeling, filled with pride, relief, and satisfaction, to which no other feeling compares. You have finished a novel. You did it in a mere month. What few dared to try, you have completed. Not to mention, you're allowed to sleep.
You'll have a
product of that passion, and that's a wonderful thing.
Listen, you're halfway done, and it isn't going to get easier. I'm not going to tell you it get's better, because it doesn't. If anything, it feels harder the longer you do it. But trust me, nothing else is so utterly
worth it.Maybe it's because I want to be an author. Maybe it's because I've felt the feeling. Maybe it's because I love the reactions people have when they find out. But believe me, you'll miss out on so much if you quit now.
You're halfway there- keep trudging through.