Hey everyone,
Every November, as part of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), writers have a Black Friday tradition. Anyone who wants to take part aims to write 10,000 words in a day.
I took part for the first time last year, and while I didn’t hit 10k, I wrote over 8,000 words that day, which was more than I’d ever written before in a single day without burning out afterward. In fact, the very next day I was up early in the morning, excited to get to my desk and writing again.
Word count is certainly not the only measure of success for a writer, and not everyone cares about writing more. However, as I increasingly write more books and tackle longer projects, I find that tracking word count helps me stay motivated and gives me a good measure of progress during the year and for each individual project.
I decided to write 10,000 words again in a single day and after a couple more failed attempts, I did it!
Happy reading!
Cheers,
Natasha