Day 30 and Say It With Me: The End

It has been a long road since I sat down almost 29 days ago and started with my first sentence, "She was here". There have been plenty of ups and a few downs, some challenges and at least one or two days of writer's block. Yet as I look back over this month all I can think is AMAZING!!

Last year was great but this year was fantastic. Not only did I get into my novel like never before but I made new friends and was able to go to more NaNo St. Louis events. I drank more soda and tea then last year and I saw way to many 2am nights but I also wrote more than I have ever written before. That is such an accomplishment that I will probably say it way to many times in the next week or so.

Final Word count to date: 115,088

Final Cups of Soda/Tea: More than I should ever drink again

Final Level of Tired: Wake me in January :)

As much as I would like to sleep until January I do know that isn't going to happen. I have a lot of new and exciting things that I want to work on in the next month and a lot more contacts that I want to make before January rolls around. Plus there is that small little holiday that everyone becomes obsessed with toward the end. I think they call it Christmas :). So my month is pretty packed but I do plan to continue this novel (since I still didn't reach the end).

So for my final NaNo November post I would like to share what I learned this year during my 30 days of writing.

When you put your mind to something not only can you accomplish it and if you offend any one doing it then it might be time to re-evalutate your relationships. There were a few that although they said they were excited and mentioned wanting to read what I have written at the beginning seemed to change their tune toward the middle. When you stop being as accessible to others sometimes you find out how important you are to people or how unimportant. Either way that shouldn't change your goals or your dreams. Keep going and those that really are there for the right reasons will still be there.

This isn't to say that you should get so wrapped up in what you are writing or working toward that you can't stop and just have a little fun. Unless you are working toward the end of a novel in thirty days. When you are under that kind of deadline then you just have to do what you have to do :).