Wrapping Up NaNoWriMo 2017

Words in the Dark: Post 6

NaNoWriMo wraps up for another year, but for many writers the noveling has just begun as they move into a stage of completing the first draft, if not done already, and the revision process.

My Buddies’ genres for this year include

literary
fantasy
technical
mystery
science fiction
science fiction

Genres by the same Buddies in 2016 and 2015 were

literary
fantasy
romance
sci-fi/fantasy
sci-fi thriller/suspense and horror/supernatural
science fiction

The NaNo Buddies’ final word counts this year turned out as follows

75,463
50,350 (reached on day 20)
50,177 (reached on day 30)
18,545
14,121
no word count entered

Congratulations!

I am not on the list because my sole job for NaNo 2017 was to cheer and encourage. Actually, I am helping a young adult with a book project, so I have deferred my own for the time being.

Too often, writers feel like failures when they realize they will not make the enchanting 50K finish. Instead, they should celebrate how far they have come. Any writer who writes is ahead of the one who doesn’t.

Writers can run into serious life obstacles involving work, family, or personal illness. Also, for some of us, myself included (unless it involves a rewrite), the NaNo marathon process isn’t always the best strategy. Sometimes, slow and steady makes a better book.

That never stops me from considering NaNo year after year. I’ll be looking at the feasibility of entering NaNoWriMo in 2018, of course, to see how many words I can write in the dark during the cold days of another November.

Think warm glow of a fireplace, candles, or salt lamps. Think smell of books. Think steaming cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate!

Until next year, Wrimos!

About Eva Blaskovic

I am a multi-genre author of literary fiction, fantasy, and paranormal, and writer of non-fiction articles on parenting, writing, education, health, and travel. My background encompasses both the sciences and the arts. I teach at a specialized clinic for learning disorders and mentor young authors. In addition to writing and teaching, my passions are weather, Indian food, gardening, and music. I have played eight musical instruments and spent many years immersed in taekwondo and karate. In my youth, I was an avid canoeist. I was born in Prague, Czech Republic, grew up in the Great Lakes region of Ontario, Canada, and moved to Alberta in 1988, where I raised four children.

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