Winning
It's November 30th which can only mean one thing, the last day of NaNo! Okay so maybe it can mean more than one thing, but you catch my drift. So the question begs to be asked. Did you win?
The answer, is yes and no. Before I go into details, I will preface this by saying how much I believe in the 'something is better than nothing' mantra and I did get a lot accomplished this month.
I didn't write 50,000 words in the month of November. I wrote 46,000 words. I know if I really pushed myself I could write 4,000 words today and still count it as a win. But here's the thing, (I know how much you all love excuses) I finished the novel I started for NaNo, and I've been working on fixing EXISTENCE. It doesn't need words added to it so much as a slash and add and slash some more.
So there you have it. I did finish a novel in the month of November. I actually started it and wrote 13,000 words in October and the book ended up being 50,000 words exactly. I wrote those 50K in a month which is why I say that I won, but I didn't win.
Would it be wrong of me to claim that winners badge anyway?
The answer, is yes and no. Before I go into details, I will preface this by saying how much I believe in the 'something is better than nothing' mantra and I did get a lot accomplished this month.
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| I thought this picture was hilarious. Maybe it's because I'm tired and everything is funny, but still. Ha! |
I didn't write 50,000 words in the month of November. I wrote 46,000 words. I know if I really pushed myself I could write 4,000 words today and still count it as a win. But here's the thing, (I know how much you all love excuses) I finished the novel I started for NaNo, and I've been working on fixing EXISTENCE. It doesn't need words added to it so much as a slash and add and slash some more.
So there you have it. I did finish a novel in the month of November. I actually started it and wrote 13,000 words in October and the book ended up being 50,000 words exactly. I wrote those 50K in a month which is why I say that I won, but I didn't win.
Would it be wrong of me to claim that winners badge anyway?
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On a completely unrelated note, an old friend of mine has started a writing blog that I suspect is going to be all kinds of awesome! She's just getting started and could use some writerly peeps. Since I know my writerly peeps are the best, I urge you to go follow her here. Thanks for being awesome!
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When I participated in BuNo this past June, I hit 46,000 words as well. But it still felt like a win, because I needed that prompt to get my third story written. (And I finished in July with 82,000 words.)
BUT, you did awesome and you should get something for your effort, even if it's not the winner prizes from the NaNo site. You could make your own badge.
I'm off to visit your friend's blog!
Off to meet your friend ...
Your friend has a cool blog :)
Our collab project is gonna rock and it's just the beginning! :)
I'm still not sure how I did it, but I wrote 75k words this year. My personal goal was only 65k but I just kept plugging and chugging and there I was, WAY ahead of schedule!
Considering last year I only made it to 54k and I hated my story, I'd say this was a pretty darn awesome year.
I didn't officially do it, but I did write 50,000 words in my WIP, and probably wrote a few thousand in the WIP I put on hiatus early this month.
I'm heading to check out the friend's blog now :)