This month has been a busy one. The husband was away for 8 days. I had surgery a week after. Thanksgiving came a week after that and from day 1 of November I have been participating in NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month where you're expected to write 50,000 words in 30 days on an original novel project.
Writing straight through without stopping. 1667 words a day.
This is my third year participating. I didn't finish but I came closer to the goal than I ever have at over 30,000 words.
I am left with a sense of rejuvenation and a consistency in writing that I have not had in a looong time.
With a momentum in my writing that I plan to keep up in the coming months.
Not to mention a good 150 pages of an original novel draft. Yippee...
So though I didn't get the win, it's been an amazing experience with amazing results.
I am left with some things more important than the win.
Truly unexpected, NaNo has meant more to me and my writing this year than the previous two years.
I almost didn't participate. So glad I did.
So that's been my November.
Congratulations to all my NaNo peeps who finished. Kudos!
And to the rest of the participants, like me, who didn't finish, kudos to you too, for putting forth the effort. We are closer to finishing that novel than we were at the start of the month. Happy Dance!
Did you participate in NaNoWriMo? How was your experience this year?
Writing straight through without stopping. 1667 words a day.
This is my third year participating. I didn't finish but I came closer to the goal than I ever have at over 30,000 words.
I am left with a sense of rejuvenation and a consistency in writing that I have not had in a looong time.
With a momentum in my writing that I plan to keep up in the coming months.
Not to mention a good 150 pages of an original novel draft. Yippee...
So though I didn't get the win, it's been an amazing experience with amazing results.
I am left with some things more important than the win.
Truly unexpected, NaNo has meant more to me and my writing this year than the previous two years.
I almost didn't participate. So glad I did.
So that's been my November.
Congratulations to all my NaNo peeps who finished. Kudos!
And to the rest of the participants, like me, who didn't finish, kudos to you too, for putting forth the effort. We are closer to finishing that novel than we were at the start of the month. Happy Dance!
Did you participate in NaNoWriMo? How was your experience this year?
