"About halfway through the month, I start seeing disheartened tweets and posts on social media from..."

“About halfway through the month, I start seeing disheartened tweets and posts on social media from people who report they are “losing” Camp NaNoWriMo. The structure of NaNoWriMo—the daily and final word-count goals, writing sprints, and sense of community—is what makes it fun and effective.

 

But you aren’t "losing” if you can’t hit the daily word count. If you have more words than you had before you started NaNoWriMo you are winning. You’re closer to finishing your book and achieving your goals. You only lose if you don’t try.”

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Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. Kami’s solo novels include Unbreakable and Unmarked (The Legion Series), The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos, and The Lovely Reckless. Kami is a cofounder of YALLFEST and a member of the NaNoWriMo Writer’s Board. She was a teacher for seventeen years before coauthoring her first novel on a dare from her students.

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