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I’m celebrating today. It’s the one week anniversary of me finishing something. And that in itself is an accomplishment.
Today I can say “yes” I actually made my word count for National Novel Writing Month and also still managed some random journal entries, note taking, even reading and life. In fact, life found many ways of distracting me from the 50,000 word goal, and without an insane push, I wouldn’t have made it (though now, I am ready for that 30,000 word weekend that Dee posted on Facebook last year since I manged 12,000 last Tuesday to make my NaNoWriMo goal). But the pressure was good for me because it finally forced my internal editor to take a (mini-)vacation. This is something I’d never quite achieved with things such as my handwritten work or my 750words.com writings. I did let go more or less with 750 Words (though in a different manner, since they were most often me ranting into the keyboard –not all that useful for my novel writing), but it wasn’t the same. Read the rest of this entry »
