NaNo Day 13, or Friday The 13th Comes On A Friday This Month!!

I truly miss Pogo. :-)

I'm not a superstitious person (she says as she knocks on her wooden desk). I prefer to think of the (somewhat) eccentric things I may do as having my own personal routine. We all have them, call them habits or rituals or routines. Those things we do, in the same or similar way every time, as a matter of course.

I've always been an achiever. I've set goals and met them, with the occasional speedbump along the way. Writing, though, has been a different kind of challenge than any I've ever met before; you can't just learn the mechanics of writing and then spew forth a decent novel on the first try. In a way, it's harder than anything I've ever done--including getting a degree in computer science--but it's also the most rewarding thing I've ever attempted.

Participating in this year's NaNoWriMo is helping me discover my writing routine. Not just how I put a story together, but also what works for me in terms of when I write during the day and for how long a stretch I write at a time. Knowing these things are as important to me as the actual story crafting, because it means that I can start being consistent about writing. And for me, being consistent--putting words on the page daily--is a key element of success.

The more I write, the more I have confidence that I can write. And, the more I write, the closer I come to my ultimate goal--being published.

NaNo Day 13 Words: 401
Total NaNo Words: 9741