December is here. The New York Winter chill is upon us. NaNoWriMo 2020 is officially over. Or is it?
Even though I did not reach my word count goal this month, It’s fine, I still feel like a NaNo winner. No matter how many words you wrote, you should still feel like a winner. Any amount of progress is to be celebrated.
Frankly, National Novel Writing Month was a great experience for me. I’ve met some extraordinary writers here on WordPress and on Twitter. Seriously, you guys are incredibly talented. I love hearing about your story ideas as well as your experience as writers. We’re all in this writing community, we need to stick together and support one another.
I’ve actually added words to my WIP. For a long while, I wasn’t writing much. I felt stuck in my plot and completely unmotivated to fix it. The self doubt was heavy on my shoulders. NaNoWriMo pushed me to write. To write regularly, on an almost daily basis. Inspired me to add new scenes, to give my characters complexity and to be more creative. And the world needs creativity now more than ever.
So, to keep momentum going, I’m going to continue to write like it’s NaNoWriMo into December. And maybe even into the new year. I’m holding onto this newfound spark for all it’s worth. For my writing project, I’m still hovering around the halfway mark, only a couple thousand away from my original goal of 20K. The finish line seems so far away, I’m still battling my fear of never completing my WIP.
Will 2021 be the year I finally finish and publish my novel? I really do hope so.
Thank you for the support and love, writer bees. Sending you all the positive writer vibes.
How was your NaNoWriMo experience? Did you reach your goal? How is your writer spirit feeling? Talk to me in the comments, I love to hear from you all. And check out this week’s writing prompt.
Stay safe and keep writing!
—-Lady Jabberwocky
Lady Jabberwocky 
In my mind, as long as you wrote something, you are a “winner” in NaNoWriMo, regardless of length.
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100% agree with you! 🙂
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Hey, we have a winner here!
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I think it’s so important for writers to support each other. Any writing is good writing 🙂
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Me too!! I’m going to keep writing well into December!! 😀 We’re in it together ❤
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Hey, thanks for the like! My project went well, although I’m tuckered out now and taking a bit of time to rest before deciding what project to work on next as far as drafting. I’ve also got plenty of publishing and marketing work to do in the meantime.
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