I did it! And here is my reward! Ta da!
The hardest part of doing NaNoWriMo was about 75% of the way in, when I felt as though I was running out of words. But I was assured by Wendy that there are always more words and so I soldiered on.
The second hardest part was finding something interesting to add to the post at the end of my word count. Luckily, I’m a regular on Tumblr, and they’ve got all kinds of good stuff out there. Too much sometimes! It was often very tempting to just stay in Tumblr-land and zone out.
Here’s the final word count:
Day One – 1,998
Day Two – 2,122
Day Three – 1,820
Day Four – 1,820
Day Five – 1,930
Day Six – 1,601
Day Seven – 1,729
Day Eight – 2,363
Day Nine – 2,175
Day Ten – 1,782
Day Eleven – 2,124
Day Twelve – 2,008
Day Twelve – 2,008
Day Thirteen – 1,776
Day Fourteen – 1,231
Day Fifteen – 2,168
Day Sixteen – 2,559
Day Seventeen – 1,743
Day Eighteen – 2,101
Day Nineteen – 1795
Day Twenty – 1978
Day Twenty-One – 4,396
Day Twenty-Two – 2,477
Day Twenty-Three – 1,753
Day Twenty-Four – 1,502
Day Twenty-Five – 2,348
Day Twenty-Six – 1,930
Day Twenty-Seven – 2.023
Day Twenty-Eight – 1,742
Day Twenty-Nine – 1,991
Day Thirty – 1,938
Total – 59,435 (unless my math is off which is entirely possible!)
And to end the way I started, here is a cute video by Kristina Horner, as she reports in each day about her NaNoWriMo progress. My favorite bits is where a guy off-screen asks her, “Hey, Kristina, how many words did you write today?” And she sort of hangs her head and looks sad. I can totally relate!
Congrats!