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Two days of November left.

I went to writing group tonight and was asked how it was going. I said, Oh pretty well, my word count’s good enough that I’ll be finished in two days time. Well. It’s true.

I’ve only had one other NaNoWriMo where I wasn’t way ahead of 50,000 at the end of the month. That was my second year and as many Wrimo’s have found out, there can be a definite “sophomore slump” especially if you had a fantastic first year as I did.

This year hasn’t been that bad. I’ve had a few down days here and there, but nothing prolonged. But I’m not thrilled with the way the writing’s turned out. I think, after a few weeks—or months—when I go back to read it, there will be parts that I like and parts I don’t. But my lack of planning time definitely came into play in this. About 3/4’s of the way through, I really began to suspect that I’d written the wrong story… that there was another one which interested me much more.

At least I know that now.

The fact that I’m ending on a relatively calm, up-beat note and more so, that I’m busily working on a new short story with a very tight deadline, shows that it’s been a month that has spurred me on rather than defeated me.

The photo is of my two dogs, Summer and Charly. They are patiently waiting for me to get finished!

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