{"id":1321,"date":"2023-12-15T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2023-12-31T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T11:46:03","slug":"nanowrimo-how-did-it-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gerald-hornsby.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/15\/nanowrimo-how-did-it-go\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo – how did it go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The short answer is: not well. After a good start, and being well on course to write 70,000 words for the month (which would have seen another successful NaNo for me), I injured my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not doing something heroic. Oh no. Not skiing down a glacier, or climbing a great peak. No, I injured my back… feeding ducks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, I could stand, I could lie down, but sitting was too painful for more than 10-15 minutes. I kept going, I tried to stay on track, but I began to fall further and further behind, and ended on the 24th November with just 17,629 words in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to see some of the update videos, I have made a playlist. I tried not to moan too much about my back! LINK HERE: [ NaNo23 Playlist<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I downcast? Maybe a little. Not for spoiling my run of “wins” (my winning streak was up to 14 before 2023). For me, NaNoWriMo is about what it does for me and my writing goals, rather than being an end in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shall pick up the project again early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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