I Take That Back

No, I still think it's a nice time of year (though summer is best), and I think NaNoWriMo is a wonderful, happy, energizing event, but I decided I'm not going for the 50K this year. I have just over 6K words right now, and even though that puts me about 19K words behind, I know I could still make it. I could write 3K words a day. Or I could have a couple 10K word writing days. But I don't want to do that this time. I already know I'm capable of writing thousands of words in 30 days.

But now, I just want to write a novel.

My novel this year actually feels like a novel, too. I did some outlining. I'm taking my time going through the story instead of being pushed by wordcount deadlines. Writing is actually a pleasant experience! It's such a refreshing change from staring at my Excel word-tracking sheet and freaking out as Nov. 30th gets closer.

I'm going to take my time and write a good story. I'm sure I'll do NaNo again some day, but this year, I'm just writing for me.