Learning from Our Mistakes and Triumphs: This Day in the Past

Originally published 11-17-2013

Can it be done?

When I decided to doNational Novel Writing Monthagain this year, I was hesitant, if not downright terrified. I had participated several times (at least a baker’s half-dozen) before, and failed miserably every time. Each time I took part, I quit halfway through (or sooner), and my biggest word count to date was something like 25K. Needless to say, I wasn’t sure that I would make it through the whole month, let alone to the goal of 50,000 words in...