To Finish NaNo. Wow.

I tackled NaNoWriMo for the first time ever this year . . . and I did it. *takes a deep breath for the first time since November 1st*

I ended up with about 52,000 words, but the last two weeks, after I hit the half-way mark, were torture. I mean torture. Thank God for a day of close to three thousand words near the end that enabled me to write a thousand a day instead of two thousand to keep up.

So, all’s well that end’s well, and I. LOVED. IT.

I’m tellin’ ya, if you’ve never tried NaNo, DO. IT. Nothing has taught me the stick-to-it-ness that this past month has. I learned I can set and meet a goal. That in itself is worth something. Have you ever done NaNoWriMo? Can you attest?

What’s next? Well, of course, NaNo didn’t finish my novel. 50k is awesome, but I need another 30 or 40 to finish this draft. So that’s what I’m doing this month. And next year I totally plan to drop everything and have another go at it. Wow. It was totally great.

But the month of craziness is over. That’s nice. And guess what else I learned last month? It is possible to turn off your inner editor. Completely true. I was forced by the deadline to write without editing. Of course, that is going to require a tad more editing later on, but that is an enormously good discovery.

So we are moving on, NaNo-writers. Any special plans? Tell me what you thought of last month if you were part of the craziness. I love to hear from you guys!

My next post will be a more complete one, in which I will probably talk about the inner editor monster, but right now I have to fly to get back to my home-school work, and there are plenty more words to be penned. 🙂

On to victory, my friend!

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