National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo or NaNo for short.
I didn't win it this year - didn't finish, again.
It's my third NaNo straight without completing the 50,000 words in a month goal. So I am not left with that victory and that can be pretty discouraging.
I even tried to set myself up to win over this past year by trying to condition myself to write 2,000 words a day so that by the time November came around again, I'd be set to do the 1,667 words per day goal automatically.
I still haven't mastered that goal. Yet.
However, I am left with another kind of victory.
What NaNo leaves me with is momentum - strong momentum.
It happened last year and it's happening again this year. I can feel it.
Having to push myself every day to put down words helps me get into the project. It causes me to form a love for the story project. By the end of the 30 days, a deep love.
A strong momentum and a deep love.
Both will carry me to continue putting down words on this story project in the following months to come.
It happened with last year's NaNo story project. I am well beyond 50,000 words on that one - to this date so I'm sure it will happen again.
So as much as I would have liked to finish at 50,000 strong this time around for NaNo, I'll just try again next year.
In the meantime, I go into next month with a zealous momentum and desire to complete the story project I just started.
And that's a good thing.
A very good thing.
I didn't win it this year - didn't finish, again.
It's my third NaNo straight without completing the 50,000 words in a month goal. So I am not left with that victory and that can be pretty discouraging.
I even tried to set myself up to win over this past year by trying to condition myself to write 2,000 words a day so that by the time November came around again, I'd be set to do the 1,667 words per day goal automatically.
I still haven't mastered that goal. Yet.
However, I am left with another kind of victory.
What NaNo leaves me with is momentum - strong momentum.
It happened last year and it's happening again this year. I can feel it.
Having to push myself every day to put down words helps me get into the project. It causes me to form a love for the story project. By the end of the 30 days, a deep love.
A strong momentum and a deep love.
Both will carry me to continue putting down words on this story project in the following months to come.
It happened with last year's NaNo story project. I am well beyond 50,000 words on that one - to this date so I'm sure it will happen again.
So as much as I would have liked to finish at 50,000 strong this time around for NaNo, I'll just try again next year.
In the meantime, I go into next month with a zealous momentum and desire to complete the story project I just started.
And that's a good thing.
A very good thing.
