NaNoWriMo Day 27

At 11:01pm tonight I have a total of 40,465 words, a bit less than 5k behind the target, and my goal of reaching 50k by November 30 is slipping further and further away with each night that I don't have a big writing session. I have to try and squeeze out over 9,000 words in the next three days to get anywhere near the target, and I can't help but start to feel a bit of disappointment over the knowledge that I might not make it. Talk about being so close and yet so far...

But I guess I've achieved the main goal of the NaNoWriMo project in the first place, which was to start writing, the self-imposed 50k in 30 days challenge being the catalyst to this new story I've been plugging away at for the last 20-odd days (mostly nights). In the end, if I don't make the word target, then at least I'm still halfway towards something publishable, especially if I keep going with it and see it all the way to the end. I know I won't be completely satisfied with just this result if I don't make it by November 30 because I want to win (and I want a little star on my NaNo profile!), but maybe in time it'll sink in and I'll feel a bit better about all the effort I've put into it so far.

But anyway, enough gibbering - more writing!

(Thought I'd put a new widget up for the last few days, just to give myself a bit more incentive to reach the end with 50k!)