I’ve had to lower my goal for NaNo. I’m really disappointed with myself but stressing about how far behind I was, was resulting in me doing absolutely nothing and getting even further behind. Why does that happen? Anyway, hopefully if I take the pressure off then words will happen again.
Dont be disappointed in yourself. From what I hear NaNo is really really hard. Enjoying your writing experiences should always come first. Quality before quantity and quality of life before quality of work. You write so well and frequently as it is.
What @beastlycheese said. @still-searching47 I give you so much credit for even giving it a go! You’re awesome, friend!
Thank you so much guys. I’ve done NaNo for the past 10 years, and every year brings new challenges. It’s all a learning experience and I have more words now, than I did in October. The month isn’t over yet, so I can still write more, and I’ve already broken my personal best for words written in a month.
Plus I write year-round so while I might not have achieved everything I wanted this month, there’s always next month and the month after etc. 🙂
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I just want to say as someone who isn’t doing NaNo, I have so much respect for those who do and who even come close to half the goal. You’ve been amazingly prolific lately and not just that but it’s all so well written with a quality story. Be proud of yourself. <3
Well yeah that’s because … confession time, I wound up writing fanfic for NaNo. I had a really rough October and I didn’t manage to complete my prep for my original novel. I thought I could catch up but that never happened. I decided to write Nightwalkers instead (which I’ve been promising since July), but I’ve only written the first three chapters, and I think it sucks so I might just throw it out and start again.
So basically my word count is split across over half a dozen different projects, which isn’t what I wanted. Basically, I failed my own goals, and that’s why I’m disappointed. I confess I have reached 50k for the month, that’s probably obvious from my AO3. However, while I might have written a lot of words, and I should be happy about that, I failed myself so I’m not. I hope that makes sense. I probably shouldn’t have made a post about it, but by making it official it somehow took the weight off my shoulders, which really helped me.
Anyway, thank you so much for your kind words about my writing. Coming from such a fantastic writer as yourself, that really means a lot.