NaNoWriMo Week 3 Statistics: Words Written This Week: 11,783 Total Word Count: 37,434 Percentage Complete (assuming 50K words): 75% Chapters Written: 17 How it’s going so far: I was astonished when I realized, last Wednesday, that I had already surpassed the total number of words I’ve ever written on a novel during my previous best month (20-25K; I’ve […]
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NaNoWriMo, Week 2
NaNoWriMo Week 2 Statistics: Words Written This Week: 11,817 Total Word Count: 25,651 Percentage Complete (assuming 50K words): Just over 50%! Chapters Written: 12 How it’s going so far: I hit a couple of blocks this week. The first was on Wednesday, the day after the election. I woke up exhausted, in shock, and grieving. (I’m still experiencing […]
NaNoWriMo, Week 1
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of National Novel-Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For those who are unfamiliar, this is a month-long event that takes place every November, in which participants challenge themselves (and each other) to write a full-length novel (50,000 words, approximately the length of The Great Gatsby) in thirty days. It’s an immensely […]
Knowing Myself Better: 9 Lessons Learned
My last day of teaching for the school year was this past Friday. I’m currently 39 weeks pregnant, and waiting for baby girl to arrive. I hope she gives me a few days to rest before she decides to enter the world! This transition has been more challenging than I’d anticipated. After all these months […]
Are You NaNo-Ing?
It’s National Novel-Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Writers, are you NaNo-ing? Non-writers, what do you think about this annual tradition? I am not participating this year, nor have I ever done so. I’m not going so far as to say I’ll never NaNo because I’ve often found myself revoking the “nevers” in my life. But right now it’s […]