Aand the first draft of my NaNo 2020 novel is...

...finished❗

 

It's been more upsetting and emotional than any of the previous years, but it's done and dusted now.

 

I've already celebrated with two J2O's and I'm gonna have my first solid lunch for 5 days when Steve gets back home.  

 

I'm gonna be in pieces for the rest of the day now 'cos I'll be letting my grief for Mitzi come out without hiding it.  I'm gonna write her biography for JanNo that I won't even attempt to get published, it'll just be for me and those I want to share it with to help to cope with my grief over losing her.  I'm determined to have a dedication to her at the start of this book if/when it's published though, 'cos she passed away when I was literally within a sentence of half way through writing it and I wanna do that to honour her life with us.

This one's for you, Mitzi❗

Another 5k written today, which means...

...just 10k more to write in a maximum of 22 days and that's NaNo finished for another year.  I'm hoping I'll get it finished on the 10th though, so keep yer fingers crossed 🤞 for me and I'll definitely want this one dedicated to Mitzi.

Back on track to finish on the 10th

I'm glad I managed to do at least 6k a day for the first four days and the single chapter on the 5th 'cos I've managed to get back on track for finishing on the 10th again now.  Aiming to write 5k a day then give myself the rest of the evening off to get out of my characters heads and relax before I head to bed.

 

Managed to write 5k today so I've just got another 15k to write now, hopefully within 3 days, which is the 10th assuming nothing else majorly goes wrong for me of course.  Being able to totally immerse myself in a completely fictional world for like 10-12 hours a day has definitely helped me to cope with my loss so far.  I'm gonna totally go to pieces as soon as I place that final full stop in this MS though, and I'm going to dedicate it to the new angel when it's been accepted for publication... it's the very least I can do.

I'm now, officially...

...half way through the NaNo challenge, 10 days early 🤣.  I've just finished writing the chapter that contained my 25,000th word after only 5 day.  I'm hoping to hit 30k by the end of the day, but I'm back into the NaNo routine now, so hopefully it'll all be plain sailing from now until I've finished the manuscript. 

Sorry I didn't update this blog yesterday, but we got some awful news about our dog and had to make a very hard decision.  She's still alive, but I can't immerse myself into NaNo as intensely as I did the previous two days.  I'm still aiming to finish it by the 10th, but if I don't then that's OK too.

Managed a huuuuge...

...7 chapters today, so I'm hoping/planning to be half way through it by the time I stop writing tomorrow, which ain't bad going for only 4 days and if I manage to write my last word on the 8th, I'm pretty sure that's my quickest ever finishing too, which is even better!

Another 6k words written, another J2O down my neck.

 T'was another slow start (a chapter every two hours) but managed to knock out 3 chapters in just over 4 hours this evening, so I'm definitely more productive in late afternoons through to evenings!

My first day of NaNo completed

My aim for this year is to write 5k words a day and my reward is a J2O.

 

After a veeeery slow start this morning, I've managed to write 6k words today which is a great start for me.  Assuming I achieve at least that every day, I'll write my final word 2 days sooner than I was thinking, which'll be a new record for me.

 

I hope you've managed to achieve success today too?!