Nanowrimo went rather well, all told. Had four 10K+ days (the last almost 11K), average pace ended up at 6,000 words per day, which is decent. Had two 2K days and six 3K days on the low end. Nano #3 is also the first time I've ever gone: "Okay, I need X words by this day, Y by this day ..." and so on. I'm pretty pleased I managed to finish it with a few days to spare and didn't stress myself over it.
For next year, I'd like to do two 70-80K novel drafts, I think. I have no idea what yet, of course, and probably won't until, say, October.
I've heard of nanowrimo, but never participated. Did you find it helpful? Useful? Worth it?
ReplyDeleteI've done it for 7 years now. I personally found it great fun - originally for just proving to myself I could write a novel in that timeframe, and in years since more experimenting with other genres or just to get story ideas out my my head and onto a page.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely worth it.