What Happened With NaNoWriMo?

It's December now, which means that NaNoWriMo finished.

Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, NaNo didn't work for me, but then I decided to test a theory, to try something different.

When I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year, I knew it was going to be a struggle. I started a new job on November 5 as a police communications dispatcher trainee. While it has been interesting and something I'm enjoying, it's been harder than I ever imagined. There's a lot of work involved, but honestly, I couldn't be happier. The few times of stress and tears have been worth it and it will be worth it in the end. I already did mention in a previous post that during the first weekend of NaNoWriMo, I was involved in doing shows for a community theatre production in my neighborhood.

It soon became obvious that NaNoWriMo was going to be a failure. My job has needed my full attention. However, I decided to keep doing NaNoWriMo, as if I was actually writing. I updated my word count every day, as if I wrote x amount of words each day. In theory, I won NaNo, even though I wasn't actually writing a novel/story, while updating the word count with a random amount each day.

The conclusion to all of this is that I will be partaking in NaNoWriMo next year with a better plan, as my traineeship will be over and I'll have a set schedule by then.

I extend my congratulations to anyone who succeeded in doing NaNoWriMo the write, err right, way (see what I did there).

Happy Writing!

~Meg~