Everyone writes at their own pace. Comparisons & jealousy do no good. #NaNoPrep (NaNoWriMo What to Expect series)

They’ll be writers who write much faster or slower than you do .

Some writers will actually hit their entire 50,000 word count within the first day or so of the competition, their counts ballooning past 100 or even 200 thousand words. On the other side, you’ll see writers that stall out at a few hundred words while you sail past thousands of words easily. It’s easy to get discouraged when you’re own word stack is so much smaller or feel smug when you’re ahead and slack off which is why it’s so...