Turkey day has come and gone here in the United States, the food was AMAZING, as always. My Mom is a fantastic cook. Miraculously, my writing did not suffer the holiday. Usually, Thanksgiving results in a huge drop in production and then a massive scramble/panic attack to get caught up and finished. This year Thanksgiving is more than a week away from Dec 1 and I stayed above pace!
Thanksgiving word count: 1854, overall 43104
Black Friday word count 2022, overall 45126
Last year at this time I was about 100 words over pace. I barely made it and when I broke 50k I could not wait to stop writing and get away from the story. This year I am almost 7k above pace and hoping to not only break the 50k but finish the story. Then the real work will begin. If you look back or have been following the blog this year, about halfway through I was disenchanted with the story and almost resigned to simply hit 50k and give up. But now, a week until the end I am back in love with my story! The end is shaping up perfectly! If not for NaNoWriMo, the desire to "win" the silly certificate, the ego boost of updating my word count and seeing the graph rise every day, I would have stopped writing and given up. And I would have missed this fantastic ending!
Take home message: If you are struggling don't give up! Keep writing, keep going, and wait for the inspiration to hit. Never know what twist might surprise you.
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