Feelings about NaNoWriMo 2013

 

Hey guys. I thought I would post about my overall NaNoWriMo 2013 experience before moving on with the usual blog schedule.

I felt that this year was my best NaNoWriMo year yet. I’m not sure if this is because of the book or the experience I had with it or maybe both, but that’s how I feel. For this year, I decided to re-write my novel, Whispertown. Since I started the original draft in 2009 or 2010, it really needed to be edited. But over the years I kept getting new ideas for it so I decided it needed a total re-write. Now that the book is complete, I can confidentially say that was the best decision I could have made. I thought it was a great book before, but now it’s even better.

One reason I enjoyed this year’s NaNoWriMo more than ones of the past is that I had a great group of writers to word war with. Word warring is when you get other writers to write with you. You agree on a certain amount of time to write, post what you’ve written, and get feedback. Then you keep doing this until you can no longer spend that time writing. I think it’s a great way to get a lot of writing done in a day AND get some early feedback. Others can also help nudge you in the right direction as well.

Sometimes NaNoWriMo can be difficult if you don’t have a quiet place to write as well, and this is a problem I usually have because my fiance’ is not always the quietest person ever. This month he became more interested in an online roleplaying game so I found myself having more quiet than usual. I believe that has helped contribute to my getting more done on a daily basis.

I’m proud to say that I only lost the inspiration to write for three or four days, and two of those was because I got sick and felt too terrible to write. Sometimes writing day after day can be tough! But I can fairly say that I enjoyed almost every day of it. 😉

 

How did you feel about this year’s NaNoWriMo? Did you meet your goal? Was there anything that you think would have made it better? I’d love to hear how your experience was!

 

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 27, 28, & 29

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 27 & 28 = Zero Words

Day 29
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 50,024 words.
Remaining: 0 words.
Days Until Deadline: 1.
Feelings toward novel: Loved how the book turned out!
Mood: Happy/Sick

I DID IT!

How is your NaNo going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 26

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 26
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 47,772 words.
Remaining: 2,228 words.
Days Until Deadline: 4.
Feelings toward novel: Wasn’t really feeling it today. Maybe tomorrow.
Mood: Tired/Sick/Blah

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 25

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 25
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 47,430 words.
Remaining: 2,570 words.
Days Until Deadline: 5.
Feelings toward novel: Almost to the end!
Mood: Tired/Sick/Miserable

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 24

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 24
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 44,357 words.
Remaining: 5,643 words.
Days Until Deadline: 6.
Feelings toward novel: Despite having to write a scene involving childbirth, the main character’s love interest is making me want to melt.
Mood: Happy/Romantic

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 23

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 23
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 42,795 words.
Remaining: 7,205 words.
Days Until Deadline: 7.
Feelings toward novel: Not too far from the end. Hopefully it won’t end up being too short. The original book was 48K.
Mood: Tired/Content

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 22

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 22
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 40,270 words.
Remaining: 9,730 words.
Days Until Deadline: 8.
Feelings toward novel: Last chapters were hard to write, but turned out great!
Mood: Tired/Happy

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 21

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 21
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 37,431 words.
Remaining: 12,569 words.
Days Until Deadline: 9.
Feelings toward novel: Really loved writing today!
Mood: Tired/Ecstatic

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 20

 

Here’s my NaNo stats for today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:

Day 20
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 34,944 words.
Remaining: 15,056 words.
Days Until Deadline: 10.
Feelings toward novel: The last chapter made me want to cry. In a good way.
Mood: Tired/Accomplished

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?

NaNoWriMo 2013: Day 18 & 19

Here’s my NaNo stats for yesterday (internet was down) and today:

NaNoWriMo 2013 Stats:
Day 18
Current: 31,844 words.

Day 19
Goal: 50,000 words.
Current: 32,743 words.
Remaining: 17,257 words.
Days Until Deadline: 11.
Feelings toward novel: Really enjoyed writing today’s chapter.
Mood: Tired/Happy

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Have you participated before? If you’re doing it this year, what are you writing? How’s your progress going?