NaNoWriMo - What I’ve Learned Week Three

I’ve survived another week of NaNo and here are the top three things I’ve learned about myself and my writing: 

1. Planning to write 2,000 words a day is realistic.
Sometimes I wonder with everything I think I need to do in a day if it's even possible to get a writing session in. But the reality is, even on my busiest days, writing 2,000 words a day works for me. Most of the time I'm able to get even more words than that. Of course, there are days when I struggle to hit my word goals, but on average this plan works perfectly for me because it gets me to sit down and write every day.

2. I find joy and escape in my writing.
This week was a challenging one for me. Nothing really crazy or unexpected happened - it was just one of those 'blah' weeks. I still sat down and wrote most days this week and those sessions were a great escape into my writing world.

3. I'm more creative than I give myself credit for.
Part of the reason I've been struggling to finish this draft of the first book in my series is there are elements I've been dreading having to come up with. This month I've had to face them and have found that there's a lot that I've either already resolved, had easy solutions for, or I've had the ability to work through them, even with a little bit of effort. I've still got a lot to do, but finishing by the end of the year is still possible.

What have you learned in this week of your writing journey?

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