Well, we have officially reached the end of November, and the end of Nano Poblano and of course, Nanowrimo.
When I pasted my entire month’s worth of blogs into a Word document, the total word count came up to 12,567 words. Which to be honest is more than I have written in a month in MANY years. So I am Very Pleased.
It was TOUGH.
It was hard to prioritise time to write a post each day.
I would just sit down, put the number in the title, and then just write. So whatever came out of my fingertips was published immediately with no editing and no re-reading.
My plan is to read over what I have done, do a tonne of editing and planning, and then make it into the Thing it has been in my head for over seventeen years.
Might take me a few more years lol.
Might be next November when I challenge myself again.
But it will happen.
This challenge has taught me one thing: I do have time to write about 500 words a day. They don’t have to be perfect or edited, they just have to be there on paper. It’s better than nothing!
If you did nanowrimo or nano poblano or any other writing challenge this month, how did you fare?
Ocean Bream 
I’m so glad I met you during this go round of Nanopoblano! Your writing is so beautifully descriptive. I love it! You were definitely meant to write….whether it’s 100 words per day or 500 words per week…doesn’t matter. Just write when you can. The world needs you 💜🙏💜
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I am so glad I met you too! You are so kind and encouraging thank you. And well done to you for doing nano poblano too! ❤
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Cheers to your accomplishment! Nope – never tried it and probably never will … but that’s ok, too.
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Thank you Frank! Yes, it is certainly ok too 😀
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Congratulations! Content means more than word count, and your writing here has been exceptional. I hope you pursue it further and give yourself the time when you can, and keep going.
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Thank you Steven, and yes you are so right, making anything is better than nothing 🙂 You are very kind, I appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time to stop here 🙂
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You’re very welcome. 🙂
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12,567 words is A LOT! It was really tough for me as well. Posting every day without a lot of saved content and having a variety of topics is very tough to do with a work and other life things happening. Nonetheless, I made it, and you did, too 🙂 Job well done!
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Yes, absolutely! You really have to make time for it don’t you. Well done and congratulations on making it! It’s certainly an accomplishment 😀
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That is impressive, and inspiring. I think I’ll try your approach, just to get myself into the writing habit and over the perfectionist hump.
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Yes!!! The perfectionist hump, you’ve phrased it perfectly. That is exactly what stops me from writing. But I think this month has taught me that you just have to sit down and DO it. Good luck, and happy writing! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Good job! I’m sure you’ll continue to write great things even though NanoPoblano is over.
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Thanks! I am for sure going to keep writing 🙂
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Yay! You did it. And I’m so glad. Also astonished that this is unedited. You have a rare and natural talent, Lenora. Congrats!
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Thanks! I am glad I did it! I almost wasn’t going to do it lol! You’re VERY kind, but I do think most of the time this month the writings have been short and ‘easy’ haha. When I actually sit down and write this thing as it is supposed to be written.. well. I hope I don’t give up because I know it will be hard and I know the editing process is the worst bit. Speaking of writing, you used to have a post about ‘writing the first chapter’ which I had saved as a bookmark and I often go back to it and have another read as it is so useful. I can’t find it on your site anymore, have you taken it down?
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Here’s where you can find it here:
https://storyempire.com/2022/08/10/writing-chapter-one-tips/
I’m little by little moving the “how to” posts over to Story Empire. I’m so glad you’ve found it helpful. And I hope you keep writing in whatever way works for you.
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Thanks for linking the post. I’ve bookmarked the new one too 😀 I have also perused Story Empire, it looks great, well done! It looks like a collaboration with other authors too, if I am not mistaken?
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Yes, eleven authors offering a wide variety of articles on writing. I’ve been a member for a year. 😀 Thanks for browsing!
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Brilliant! Following along on Story Empire 🙂
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Well done OB !
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Thank you Colleen!
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You’re welcome OB 🙂
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