Another month here and gone! I love November and the flurry of deadlines it brings, but now we’re in December and it’s time to start winding down the year. November was quite a fun month with the hectic rush of writing 50,000 words (or more) in the 30 days of November, plus school and working full time. It’s months like these that sometimes make me believe I thrive in chaos.
Here’s how I did in November.
November Results
NaNoWriMo
This year, NaNoWriMo went spectacularly. It wasn’t my best year by far, but I was able to get ahead and stay ahead for most of the month. I finished off strong and got more than 10K over the original goal and the good basis for the start of a novel. As it usually goes, I still have more project to write after November, but I’m thankful I left myself a few plot threads and a few rabbit holes to fall down in the next coming weeks.
Doodle More
Unfortunately this month, I didn’t doodle as much as I would have liked. My focus was almost exclusively on working on my NaNoWriMo project, but I did work on one doodle throughout the month. I created a calendar where I colored in the boxes based on how I wrote day by day. It got a little creative juices going and some excitement to keep up the momentum and not lose a good writing streak. Hopefully in December I can get back to more doodles.
Word Count: 61,510
Here’s what I hope to accomplish in December.
December Goals
Finish an Open Project
I have a few open projects I would like to finish as the year draws to a close. I’m excited to keep writing the novel I started during NaNoWriMo and hopefully to finally finish a novel I’ve been slowly chipping away at since last year. Some novels come out quick, and others take their time, but I’m hoping to get some decent words down in December and hopefully form a habit I can keep for the rest of this year and into the next.
Read One Book (That isn’t related to school)
I’m happy to say I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading over the past few classes during my bachelor’s program. I’m sad to say that it hasn’t really been the reading I enjoy doing. While everything I’m learning is quite interesting, I would like to sit down and finish a book that isn’t related to my schooling in December. I’ve started several books this year, so I really have my pick of the book I want to finish before 2021 ends. Hopefully I can finally get through a novel.