No cash prizes, not even a t-shirt. I finished Nano and all I got was this stupid blog badge.
But at the same time, while this victory means basically nothing to anyone who doesn't know about Nano, it is a huge thing with a lot of people in the writing community and it is a huge, big deal to me personally. I set a goal and followed through with it which is a good habit and one I am trying to keep. I almost gave up, and said well 25K (which is where I was on Friday) is more than I had before, I am just going to quit and not worry about it. But I kept pushing.
As it turned out, I woke up today and wrote approximately 15,000 words. That's a lot to write in one day. If you ever do Nano, don't do that.
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This is not the way to do nanowrimo. See all the blue lines the same height? Days I didn't write at all-bad idea. Because today I had 15000 words to catch up in 36 hours. |
Congrats though, that's HUGE! I edited 50k words... does that count for anything? :)
ReplyDelete"I finished Nano and all I got was this stupid blog badge."...
ReplyDeleteThat's just funny.
That is still a great accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks all! I think the editing is going to be worse than the writing. It's kind of a mess. Guess that is what December is for, though.
ReplyDeleteMichael, yes! I think so.
I think that's fantastic. Even if you only enough about writing to blog, you can appreciate that kind of committment. Plus, finishing a goal is always so gratifying.
ReplyDeletecongratulations. Technically I wrote a little over 26K and posted a little over 13K. I am debating on where to post the rest and finishe it all in decenber or not...just dont know.
ReplyDeleteso proud for you and Tara and the rest. awesome
Wow, 15k in a day. That is amazing! I think it's a big deal. I thought it was an amazing, personal, big f'ing deal when I did it (and I never did 15k in one day). You are awesome. And you did it while you were still doing all your other stuff too.
ReplyDeleteYou rock!
Awww! Thanks, j! I think it's a big effing deal too. But don't be impressed with the 15K as it is just 15K of words. I am going to spend months trying to tie everything together. And I am still wearing a hand brace.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your comments. I am glad to be done and get back to my much-neglected blog.