NaNoWriMo Weekly Update 4

NaNoWriMo Update Week 4

Okay, so I goofed and apparently didn't realize that this would be my second to last update instead of the last like I said last week.

I thought that it would get easier this week, but I still was dealing with challenges. I will be talking all about that next week during the final and overall update.

While the week didn't exactly pan out the way I thought it would, I made some steady progress over the last couple of days. I'm still not certain if I'm going to reach 50,000 words in time, but I am doing and trying my best. Right now, I'm around 34k words.

NaNoWriMo officially ends on Thursday, but my final and overall update will be up next weekend.

~Meg~

NaNoWriMo 2017 Weekly Update 3

NaNoWriMo Week 3 Update

1. I'm still running behind the word count quota. Right now, I'm around 20 or 21,000 words out of 50,000.
2. I've made a lot of progress over the past couple days.
3. There's a week and a half left.
4. My final and overall update will be posted next Saturday. I'll be  writing about the last days, in addition to my overall outlook, of NaNoWriMo.

Happy Reading and Keep on Writing!

~Meg~

NaNoWriMo Weekly Update 2

It's Saturday and that can mean only one thing. It's time for my weekly update on NaNoWriMo 2017.

NaNoWriMo Week 2

I wish I could say that I've been hitting my target and goals each day, but that would be lying. Unfortunately, this week I have been dealing with a family emergency that's been more important, but I haven't been able to write as much. I should have known that it would happen, but it's life and there's not a lot I can do about that.

For my story, I have had to change some things around, which is not helping me progress. At the end of the day, the word count doesn't matter. Yes, it's been a disappointing week filled with a bit of despair, but I refuse to give up. I refuse to let setbacks define me and the writing goals I set for the purpose of doing NaNoWriMo in the first place. I do have a lot of work ahead of me for the rest of the month and I believe I can still win this (by reaching or exceeding 50,000 words). Anything is possible if I just believe.

~Meg~

NaNoWriMo 2017 Weekly Update 1

I'm going to be doing weekly updates on how NaNoWriMo is going every Saturday.

NaNoWriMo Week 1

NaNoWriMo kicked off on Wednesday, so as of this writing, I have just finished day four. In case anyone doesn't know, I am not writing a novel per se. I am writing my long qt book.

Day 1 - I actually got off to a good start. I wrote 2,289 words. Remember, the goal is write at least 1,667 words a day. It was great to go over when I wasn't expecting to.

Day 2 - Not as great as the first day, so I only wrote 993 words. I kept getting distracted and trust me, distractions happen more than you think. It brought my total to 3,282 words.

Day 3 - I was able to have a productive day and wrote 1,917 words, bringing my total to 5,199. It puts me over what I needed. If I would have written exactly 1,667 words up to this point, it would have been at 5,001 words.

Day 4 - Today didn't exactly go as planned, but that's okay. I still got some writing done and wrote 1,003 words. It brings me to my overall total of 6,202, which is below what I needed.


Thoughts on Week 1
I made some progress, but have faced a few challenges. My initial goal of doing NaNoWriMo was to get back into the habit of writing every day, as well as finally finishing writing my long qt book. The problem is I don't know if it's possible to write a minimum 50,000 word book on the topic, but I will be trying my hardest. If I'm able to finish writing the book in under 30 days and it happens to be under the 50,000 word count, I'm thinking about starting a novel after that because it would still be writing something to contribute to NaNoWriMo. I do have a lot of work ahead of me going into next week.

~Meg~