NaNoWriMo–Failure…or Success?
I mentioned earlier that I had been participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. I can’t say for sure whether I enjoyed the experience: trying to write so many words in a month (or a day) takes away the leisurely, pleasant feel of writing. That being said, I got a lot out of NaNoWriMo. For the majority of the time, I was able to consistently write every day.
I didn’t manage to hit 50,000 words though.
So…yeah, I failed to complete the challenge. But, on the bright side, I was still able to fully write another volume of The Golden Lands. No single volume in my series has ever been as long as 50,000 words, so I wasn’t surprised when I finished the book before hitting the required word count. I tried to start writing the next volume, and then combining it with the former one, but…time ran out.
We seventeen-year-old homeschoolers just don’t have enough time on our hands *sigh*.
But at least there is a bright side! Another volume is complete!
That’s about 1667 words a day! I can’t see any of those stories being any good under such a tight time strain.
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Yeah, I thought the same thing! The thing is, I was working on the seventh book of my series for the challenge, so I already had developed a plot, characters, and my own writing style. So I think that made my story a little less sloppy. But, in general, I think you’re right. Anyone that writes 50,000 words in a month will have a LOT of editing to do!
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Awesome that you finished another book! …Does that mean we’ll get to read it soon? 🙂
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Yesss? I guess so. I still haven’t even published Volume 6 though. I’m not sure if I will be self-publishing anymore to be honest. Still haven’t made up my mind yet.
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But, but, but….. TGL is awesome, Dom!!!
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I know, but I’m just trying to make it bigger, and self-publishing just doesn’t seem like the right path for it!
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That might be true…. But whatever you do, don’t just give up on it!!!
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I don’t intend to!
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Good, cuz when I saw your first comment, I was like NOOOOOO!!!
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As long as you got what you wanted out of it, I’d call it a sucuess!! 😀
And lol. I know what you mean about not having enough time. 😛
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Yeah, exactly! Writing another volume of my series was definitely the goal, so I can be thankful for that. 🙂
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Awesome. 🙂
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