With the end of November came the end of the "NaNoWriMo" competition, where writers from around the world sign up to pen 50,000 words within 30 days. I tried my hand at it this year, and failed miserably! I almost hit 10,000 words. I ended up spending 10 days out of town in the month of November so that didn't help anything, and i wrote nearly 5,000 words for a speaking engagement I had at a conference, so those 2 factors played a big part in missing my mark.
Despite that, the experience was a really good one. I learned what does and does not motivate me to seek a goal. I learned my free time outside of work is valuable, and that if I really want to dedicate myself to something, I can (...for the first week of the month, at least!) I learned that writing is hard. I learned that I love to write even more than I thought I did. There's something about putting words to what you think and how you feel that is so freeing. I'm excited to continue working on my novel even though November is over, with the hopes of finishing it before next November...so I can try my hand at NaNoWriMo in 2015 with a brand new idea.
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