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It is officially over.  NaNoWriMo<\/a> was for the month of November.  I started out cautiously, moved into gushing inspiration, then tapered off, and finally made a conscious decision to stop right before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

Even though I did not win (that’s what they call it if you make 50,000 words), I count it a success.  I started something that I probably would not have written for who knows how long, and learned about letting the story flow first, editing second.  Okay, so I did edit some during too, I just couldn’t let words go misspelled or restarting sentences in the middle of a sentence.  But still, I left sentences that I knew didn’t sound quite right, or ideas that needed some research to back it up.  I wrote more in a month than I had in six months. I am inspired to get back to my children’s novel and let it flow, edit second, as opposed to along the way.<\/p>\n

Some people have said that you could do this kind of massive writing<\/a> anytime (as opposed to during November which is crazy with a holiday at the end), but for myself I know the accountability of putting my word count in and seeing my progress on the NaNoWriMo<\/a> stats was a real incentive to me.<\/p>\n

Will I do it again?  I hope so, I’ll let you know next November. Right now I’m back to blogging, Advent, and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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