I
have no idea why I suddenly wanted to write about NaNoWriMo. Maybe it’s because
after 55 days of having not touched my NaNo novel, I finally wrote more of it.
Maybe it’s because Camp NaNoWriMo is coming up in April.
Last
November, I, sadly only for the first time, heard about this amazing thing
called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I had been working on a novel
since high school (I started it about four years ago) and I thought maybe this
NaNoWriMo would be just the kick I needed to finish it. So I signed up and
started preparing for the 50,000 word sprint.
I
ended up deciding to work on a new project and shelf that first novel until
later. Being in college, I didn’t quite manage to get all the way to 50,000
words (at the end of November I only had 28,000 words), but I can’t fully
express how much I absolutely loved NaNoWriMo.
NaNoWriMo
really kicked my desire to be a writer to the next level. I finally started
thinking that this dream of mine could actually, one day, happen and it
reawakened my love for writing.
Since
NaNoWriMo, I’ve started thinking more about a writing career: how to get there,
goals, aspirations for future projects. I couldn’t be more excited for the
future.
As
of today, I still only have a measly 35,600 words on my NaNo novel, which isn’t
even halfway to my end goal, but I’m not giving up. I’ve also had to learn how
to have a lot of grace for myself and not get frustrated when I have to take a
break from writing because school really is the top priority.
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