It's my first year participating in NaNoWriMo and I've decided to blog about my experience during NaNo. For those of you who don't know, I currently listen to a podcast called Hot and Bothered and they challenged their listeners to write a romance novel. I took that challenge seriously, and decided to write an adult contemporary romance for my very first NaNoWriMo. I won't give any spoilers to my story. I just want to give a quick update. My story is rough! It is so hard not to go back and edit. If I'm going to get to 50,000 words I need to keep writing. My daily word count goal is at least 2,000 words. So far, I've achieved that goal. Before NaNo started, I outlined 10 chapters of the story. I anticipated those 10 chapters would have taken much longer to write, but I was mistaken. I finished those 10 chapters in the first three days. I tried so hard to be a planner but I hate outlining with a burning passion. I'm a pantser at heart. I like torture myself by going in blind.
There were days I did not feel like writing but I sucked it up and fought through. Luckily, writing is a form of self-care for me. However, if you're not feeling it make sure you take care of yourself first. I've decided that in these weekly blogs I will remind you all to take care of yourselves in a segment called, Drea's NaNo Reminders. This week I want to remind you to remember to hydrate. When writing 50,000 words you get distracted and forget to drink water. I know I did so please hydrate while writing. I finished the first week with 19,126 words. I still have a long way to go but I'm excited to continue this journey! If you're participating in NaNoWriMo how is your progress going?
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