The above gif is an accurate demonstration of how I’m feeling–and National Novel Writing Month hasn’t even started yet. The last five years I’ve successfully taken part in NaNoWriMo, though I think one year I didn’t quite hit 50k, but I didn’t finish the story so I consider it a win.
Ivy, Alicia, After the Scrum, The Caretaker, and One Last Heist all started life as NaNoWriMo stories.
Now, I’ll be honest. NaNo makes me lose my mind. At no other time of the year would I even attempt 50k in a month, but it’s a challenge I always find impossible to refuse.
When I started thinking about this year, I’d initially decided not to participate. My deadlines have gotten all messed up and I didn’t know if I’d have a book to work on in November. My year has been fairly busy with writing a novella trilogy and writing a novel. But for all the chaos, I do genuinely love particpating in NaNo.
I’ll be cheating this year. My novel is going to wind up being around 80 or 90k, so my goal for November is 50k. That’s my NaNo goal, even though technically the story won’t be finished quite yet.
If I hit 50k, I’m considering it a win.
I’ll be exhausted, but a winner.
Are you taking part in NaNo this year?
Author Dahlia Donovan 
This will be my second go at NaNoWriMo and I’ll be cheating a little too, in that I’m not going to be super strict with myself about the word-count. My goal is to put my best foot forward from Nov 1 – Nov 30, and see what comes of it (I say that now, all casually, but I’ll probably end up being really hard on myself anyways lol). Happy Writing!