Monday, December 5, 2016

NaNoWriMo Wrap-Up // Part One


Well, it’s December. When did that happen? 

I guess it’s time to talk about how NaNoWriMo went. 

For today, I’m just going to touch on the highlights, but I’ll go into more detail on Wednesday, if my brain doesn’t die. At the moment, I’m crunching to finish DRACONIAN by the end of January, and this after writing 606,606 words in November (oops, spoilers), so we’ll see how this goes. Send help.

Before November, I listed my goals. I passed my main goal of 500,005 words and came in at 606,606. 

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See those low-word count days? Aside from the first weekend, on Saturdays and Sundays I wrote 1,100 so I could get the badge for writing every day. But since those were work days, which leave me a little extra tired and spacey, I decided to give my wrists a break and not push myself to write. I’m weirdly fond of how wavy my graph looks. It has character. *hugs graph* *gets confused and starts gnawing on keyboard* 

While I didn’t get my dream goal of 800,008, I’m cool with that. I felt like I paced myself well, broke most (if not all) of my records, and came away feeling accomplished but not burnt out. I socialized, hung out at my church a lot even on my days off because I like my fellow staff, worked custodial on the weekends, enjoyed Thanksgiving, watched a couple movies in theaters, took care of my wrists, and got enough sleep. The month didn’t feel like a chore, or even too much like a marathon—it felt like fun, which is what it’s supposed to feel like. That’s not to say there weren’t days I felt like quitting, because there were, especially toward the end, but I don’t feel disappointed with myself like I did last year. 

As for personal achievements, I managed to write 10K in an hour, reached a typing speed of 170 wpm (not consistently, of course, because pain), and got not just one 50K day, but three. 






And another bonus, last year I tied for 9th place in the faces chart. This year, by some strange twist of fate, I got 1st. Someone hold me. 

Yep, zat is me, Lorna Doone 11

Sadly, after flying off fifty million times throughout the month, the J key on my keyboard is officially broken. (Just the key, not the actual button—I can still type with it. See: jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.) It’s sitting on my bedside table right now, waiting for me to buy superglue to, hopefully, stick it back on. *squints disapprovingly at keyboard* 


And that’s it for today, my little coffee beans. On Wednesday I plan to talk about the projects I worked on and other assorted wrap-up stuff. In the meantime, how was your NaNoWriMo? Did you participate this year? What were some highlights?

6 comments:

  1. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU WELL DONE AND CONGRATS!! I'm laughing my head off though because how is 50K a day possible omg, you are literal goals. Well done. ;) My current record is 27K in one day. I kind of lowkey would love to write 50K in one day but probably that will never happen.😂 BUT SERIOUSLY YOU COULD DO NANO IN ONE DAY. YOU'RE AMAZING. *gives you all the cake oh writing queen*

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  2. Um, 10k in an hour? Liz, are you ok? Do you need me to send help or something? ARE YOUR WRISTS OK?? Super glad NaNo worked out well, though. I'm not even going to comment on the ridiculous amount of words you've written overall because that's just, well, ridiculous. But congrats!!!! And good luck with Draconian!

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  3. WOWOWOWOWOW. I give up.

    Congrats. xD

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  4. Wow you did amazing! 10K in an hour? That's crazy! This year's NaNo was less crazy for me too. I took in stride, but I can't believe you call that much writing easy for you! That's so awesome.

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  5. 50 k in a day? 10k in an hour? *Faints* Liz, you're officially superhuman. In the most awesome of ways, of course. Congrats!

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  6. Dang, girl. That's all I can say about those numbers, lol. Congratz on the AWESOME writing month.


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