With about two-and-a-half writing days left, my word count is 48,059. I figure by the time I get down to working on my story tonight, I’ll have at least three hours available to me, which is plenty of time to break the 50,000 word barrier.
This may help me achieve my NaNoWriMo goal, but it’s really only about the half-way mark to the completion of my novel.
The writing still feels like work, but at least I’m no longer in the funk I was in last week and 10,000 words ago. The writing feels good, like I’m working towards something meaningful. It was definitely worth gutting it out and working through the funk. I came out the other side feeling like I learned something valuable – that I made a personal breakthrough.
Okay, enough with the break-out-the-hankies sentimental stuff. I still have a long way to go, but now I have the means and the mental tools to get me through the tough parts.
