Did you do it?

YES!

It wasn't easy, but I met my Camp NaNoWriMo novel word goal!

Let's continue breaking down the numbers...

Day 16
Word goal: 8000
Words written: 6275
No words from the previous day. I was probably doing homework.

Day 17
Word goal: 8500
Words written: 6501
An entire 2000 words behind my goal, but at least I wrote words.

Day 18
Word goal: 9000
Words written: 6688
Even more than 2000 words behind. Oof.

Day 19
Word goal: 9500
Words written: 7004
More than 200 words written in a day (which by this time was a personal miracle) but still not doing great.

Day 20
Word goal: 10000
Words written: 7300
This is when I truly got nervous. Two-thirds of the way done with the month, and not even halfway done with the book... Was this "easy" word goal too much?

Day 21
Word goal: 10500
Words written: 8158
Woo, look at me go! :)

Day 22
Word goal: 11000
Words written: 8384
Aaaaaaaand we're back to minimal words.

Day 23
Word goal: 11500
Words written: 8795
Picking the pace back up a little...

Day 24
Word goal: 12000
Words written: 8795
I probably wrote a couple words and forgot to log them. It's been just long enough that I can't remember the details of each day.

Day 25
Word goal: 12500
Words written: 8983
At least I'm writing...at least I'm writing...at least I'm writing...

Day 26
Word goal: 13000
Words written: 8983
...or not.

Day 27
Word goal: 13500
Words written: 10500
I think this was around the time when I realized, "...Oh hey, I don't necessarily have to write in chronological order."

Day 28
Word goal: 14000
Words written: 13007
A little motivation and letting yourself go wherever your writing muse takes you are wonderful things, I tell you! :)

Day 29
Word goal: 14500
Words written: 14179
For the first time after initially losing my mojo, I truly felt like I could finish!

Day 30
Word goal: 15000
Words written: 15210
You know what's really fun? No, not necessarily meeting your word goal. (Although that's pretty neat, too.) It's passing your word goal!

And with that, a truly hard-earned victory is mine for the taking!

And just in case you don't believe me...

 

#CampNaNoWinner2019
I never do hashtags, but there you go! Lol

Hey, this was fun. Let's do it again! :)

~EKL <><