National Novel Writing Month: Yes we did
The long, viking-like (apparently) journey of National Novel Writing Month comes to an end at as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, and as you might have read earlier, both Emily and I finished our novels.
This was my second time doing (and completing) NaNoWriMo, and I really encourage all of you out there to give it a try. Even if you don't think you're a good writer, it is worth it and it will even make you a better writer in the long run. (And for you film people out there, Script Frenzy is a similar month-long event, but for script writing)
The experience of writing 50,000 words in a month is an arduous one, though there appear to be winners who logged in more than 100,000 words, which just seems impossible if you have a job and even a little bit of a social life.
I was doing really well in the beginning of the month, and remained solid through the middle. By the end, I was getting pretty tired and I found myself - as I did last night - sitting at my table at 3 a.m. sleeping sitting up with my finger on the 'w' key typing fascinating sentences like:
"wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww."
Needless to say, I can't wait to go to sleep early tonight and catch up on another of my favorite keys, "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
