For the past thirty days I was working on the novel I had begun years ago. I had created such a writer's block in my head that it had been languishing for the past several years. I took on the NaNoWriMo challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month just as a personal goal. It was with great fear and trepidation that I started. There were several concerns that had been holding me back for a long time--first was fear of failure, then there was the fear of finding my brain devoid of ideas, and then there was the fear of getting burned out.
What happened was amazing! As I got back into the world I created for my protagonist, she took me in a different direction. As I learned more about her, we started walking side-by-side on her journey and took it all the way to a conclusion. Of course, this is only a first draft and it still needs
a lot of work but
Halleluiah, I finished it!
This is a proud day for me.
6 comments:
congrats and good for you, sometimes the starting back is the hardest part.
You have been revived, rejuvenated and now is the time to rejoice!
Kudos to you for taking the first step and jumping on in....
Congrats dear Ms Sparrow!
OMG! What a major accomplishment! *applause* *applause** You've conquered the hardest part, yay! If you need a beta reader for a few chapters, I'm here.
Wow! That's great. My own sparrowchick did the "design a character a day" challenge that was running at the same time (she had a friend doing NaNoWriMo) and found it was really good for her, too.
Some year I may take on NaNoWriMo... you will inspire me.
Good for you! Very good for you!
What a great accomplishment to actually take the challenge and do it. Hurray for you!
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