Nov 28 2009
Not Going to Win
Nanowrimo, I mean. There are two days to go and I’ve got to 23075 word count. There’s no way I can write 12K per day for the next two days and get to 50000. I’d probably have an easier time losing 5lbs on a quick weight loss diet than that.
However, when I started out I said I wasn’t going to push myself to win, and while I did have a few days of freaking out I’ve come to terms with the fact that what I’ve written is great, if I can get to 25K that will be awesome, because that’s the most I’ve written all year, in fact it’s the most I’ve written since last years NaNo when I did actually win, so that’s awesome. A friend of mine is planning random WriMos for the rest of the year because it’s her first year doing NaNo and I’m hoping to participate because I’d love to keep writing throughout the year, even if I do a few hundred words per day that will be brilliant because I may actually finish some of the stories that I’ve been working on for years.
So, I suppose despite not winning Nano I’m still winning overall because things are coming to me and the cogs are turning, and they’re not going to seize up just because November is over.
