Oh, I was worried; not any more. Fifty thousand words in thirty days, and I have officially completed the 2023 NaNoWriMo challenge! So what if those words are scattered across four stories and various notes? Those stories rock! At least, they will when I tidy them up.

Now to finish my previous stories, and plan for next year. Learn from your troubles! I need to prepare better to avoid this problem again. The challenge is intended to help people build a writing habit and figure out what works for them, no matter what that looks like for each individual. I’d say it has done that for me.

Recently, I read about someone who took all their works in progress, numbered them, and used a random number generator to choose what they worked on that day. That sounds fun! Oddly enough, it sounds like an exercise in discipline. I would have to work on what it says, no matter what my brain wants to focus on.

I do need more discipline in order to finish what I start. Not this year, though. We have enough holiday kerfuffle planned for the next few weeks that I shall not worry about getting too much more done in 2023. I hope you had a good year, and here’s to the next one.