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Hard decision...
Oct. 5th, 2009 01:30 pmI could not help but notice that this is the week to declare one's participation in Season 6 of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
therealljidol.
It's easy enough to come up with reasons to participate, and with other reasons not to. And like any really good reasons, the arguments are double-edged.
For example, one of the primary reasons to participate again is that Season 5 left me with about 30,000 words of material that I wouldn't have written otherwise; Season 6 would add to that number. However, allowing the sword to cut in the opposite direction, the question arises: "What kind of writer are you if you can't work up the discipline on your own to sit down and write on a regular basis? Do you really need someone - an outside agency - to assign a topic and a deadline?"
There is a counter-counterargument - which starts with "No" followed immediately with "but..." - and there are other reasons (with their respective arguments pro and con), but I've got almost 1,900 source words that require translation now, and so I shall have to defer making any decision until later. My understanding is that today was the first day of "declaration week," so there is some time, at least.
As of now, I feel the pros and cons of throwing my hat into the ring are about equally balanced.
Cheers...
therealljidol.It's easy enough to come up with reasons to participate, and with other reasons not to. And like any really good reasons, the arguments are double-edged.
For example, one of the primary reasons to participate again is that Season 5 left me with about 30,000 words of material that I wouldn't have written otherwise; Season 6 would add to that number. However, allowing the sword to cut in the opposite direction, the question arises: "What kind of writer are you if you can't work up the discipline on your own to sit down and write on a regular basis? Do you really need someone - an outside agency - to assign a topic and a deadline?"
There is a counter-counterargument - which starts with "No" followed immediately with "but..." - and there are other reasons (with their respective arguments pro and con), but I've got almost 1,900 source words that require translation now, and so I shall have to defer making any decision until later. My understanding is that today was the first day of "declaration week," so there is some time, at least.
As of now, I feel the pros and cons of throwing my hat into the ring are about equally balanced.
Cheers...
