#also! that was the first year i did nanowrimo and i was in hardcore prep mode i think i made my account that night it was so fun

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It’s Saturday the 28th of October….

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Failing at NaNo 2020, ReDoDecember,  & MilWordy?

I failed this year at NaNo.

I’m not surprised, but I’m disappointed. Not heartbroken like I would be, but due to chronic illness, i basically couldn’t do it. For a week and a half i was recovering health wise for I had a relapse in my health. It’s been 3 years the relapse was that bad. I’m not going into details for I don’t feel comfortable doing that. I said enough.

Still by the time I recovered, it was Thanksgiving, so, I knew I would be dealing with that, recovering from that.

I’m not happy, but I’m not punishing myself nor am I hearbroke. I could not hep but recover. I mean I was lying in bed and asleep most of the day recovering. 

It’s just I was really looking forward to NaNoWriMo this year. I did an outline for my story, character interviews, character dossiers, lists of names that i could use, etc.

I was far more prepped this year than any year, and i still failed.

There’s really nothing I could have done differently, a lot of life changes happened within two weeks before NaNoWrimo. 

However in the future, I will prep sooner for NaNoWriMo, this way I could have more rest time inbetween and if an emergency comes up, I have time and i have energy. 

That’s really the only thing I can think of so that way i can save more energy in the longterm and for NaNoWriMo. I have to leave room to have energy for emergencies.

I’m thinking I should start prepping in September or even August. I’m talking like hard core prepping regarding things i need/want to do

Story outlines (did this in 2020)

Character dossiers (did this for some in 2020)

Charcter interviews (did tis for some in 2020)

family trees (a loose one, barely in 2020)

Military ranks creation (didn’t do- i pants that)

Map Drawing (Barely there save in description, 2020. honestly I will probably start doing this now because i’m not the best artist, but I want to get better)

Name lists and meanings (did the list of names, but not meaning)

Language system? (Idk if i will do this one, if i do, i will start sooner like today, i have barely started)

Continuing research

creating a playlist (i didnt do this, but i never do, i just save a long youtube atmospheric video to my pinterest and click on that later).

During either starting August or Sepetember of next year i think i will go hardcore prepping for NaNoWrimo 2021.

In a way it was a good lesson, that even no matter how much you prepp, life will throw unexpected circumstances that can hinder plans. Still sucks, but I’m okay because I know I did all I could.

ReDoDecember

This is just what I’m calling my NaNoRedo to keep track of my progress. I’m taking my original goal of 100K for NaNo2020 and apply it for December. Yes, there is an extra day, but the odds of me writing every day even dec 25 or dec 31?

It’s really slim and I would be surprised if i do.

So, for this month, I will write at minimum 100K for the same story (I need to add a lot more anyway, so...)

I will be having a spread sheet for it, so I can still track how much I write. Won’t look as pretty as the official site, but that’s okay.

MilWordy

Inspired by Kate Cavanaugh I decided to do this. I decided to to to write 1 million words in a year. I will be doing this wil my story.

I will be doing this even though I haven’t set up my number tracking sheet...

I’ll get to it. It won’t be difficult, just tedious.

Now, I know there is no way with my health, I will be able to write every day. I will just do my best.

Link that has a whole playlist of people particiapating and the first vid is of Kate Cavanaugh talking about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_DBH37U-K4&list=PLaxU2rtP-LEAg0oE00cTCwAhVZSJgdWEH

Now how I could participate based on how she broke it down:

I just make sure by the end of every mont I have writen 83,333 words (I can even use My NaNo Redo as the test for that to see how long it would take me to get there).

I write 2,741 words a day. (This has it’s problems for what if i get sick and get behind? granted i will most likely get over that amount, still...)

Write 3,381 per work day. Meaning no saturdays and sundays. Wile i like the idea, the weekends are when i can relax and i love writing. Also if i get sick, I am more behind

I will probably stick with the second option because I know me, that will help me keep track and if I can go over the word count for the day, I will. So I know that will help me.

Starting today Dec. 1, 2020 ReDoDecember and Milwordy has begun...

Oh boy...