Camp NaNoWriMo: This or that?

Along with the undeniable summer heat (in my case), April also brings another month of writing:
CAMP NANOWRIMO.

Camp NaNoWriMo is kind of like a toned down NaNoWriMo done during April and July. Instead of the mandatory 50,000 word count, word counts can range between 10,000 to 1M even. Which is really great for me (and maybe even you) who just can't reach 50K in 30 days.

I knew and signed up for NaNoWriMo first but it was in Camp that I actually got started with the writing. Some delay-in-function caused my statistics and my entire account, basically, to disappear into the void of deleted sections of the internet. It was sad since I was having fun but no worries, my memory of the experience is still fresh. 

I actually prefer Camp than NaNoWriMo because, for one, it is during April and April is equivalent to summer for me. So more time to write than just formulate the words in my head and try my best to remember it. Another reason, as mentioned above, Camp presents a wider range of word count goals wherein you could choose one the considers your situation. It is really fortunate advantage.

If I enjoy Camp NaNoWriMo so much, then why am I not opening MS Word and typing my novel instead of this post?

Well, for my first official NaNoWriMo, I wrote a 9,245 (see my point?) novel entitled Breathless which is currently in its 5th chapter. I took a break from continuing for a while because of finals then the annoying K-12 Summer Bridging and my recent sickness. Of course I want to continue it being that I put quite a lot of effort in not abandoning it forever. 

But then, days ago, while dying of boredom in class, I opened my journal to find one of my past ideas. It wasn't polished, nor fully developed, but it was a shiny new idea before that when I reread it, it grew even more shinier. 

Camp came up and I kept debating on whether I should continue with Breathless or start anew with Shiny. It's a question that kept me up since I had to make a decision before I ran out of time. 

I know that it would be stress to write 2 novels at the same time. I know that one would have to be a back burner for the other to prosper. 

I have no idea what to do. I guess novel writing isn't a piece of cake as other would've thought. 

At some part of your writing life, you have probably experienced the same thing: having to choose between 2 great ideas. It is like picking between 2 adorable pairs of shoes. You want both but you just can't (unless you've got a lot of dough, of course). With ideas, you have the rare choice of merging the two into one. But it isn't for everyone. So when troubled, you have to think of both sides - their benefits and disadvantages. 

In the end, you've got to follow your heart (or mind, whichever works for you).