How to Win NaNoWriMo: My 2021 Journey

I am stoked to say that I won NaNoWriMo, for the second year in a row! Woohoo!

Here is how the whole month went, start to finish.

It’s November: NaNoWriMo Day 1

There Must Be Fifty Ways to Track Your Word Count: NaNoWriMo Day 2

How to Set Daily Word Count Goals: NaNoWriMo Day 3

Why Do NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo Day 4

Rest and Double Down: NaNoWriMo Day 5

Novel Excerpt from the WIP: NaNoWriMo Day 6

Week 1 Review: NaNoWriMo Day 7

10,000 Word Reward: NaNoWriMo Day 8

Falling off the Horse, A Haiku for NaNoWriMo Days 9-12

Novel Excerpt from the WIP: NaNoWriMo Day 13

Week 2 Review: NaNoWriMo Day 14

What I Have Learned Halfway Through: NaNoWriMo Day 15

What counts?: NaNoWriMo Days 16-18

20,000 Word Reward: NaNoWriMo Day 19

Saturday Snippet: NaNoWriMo Day 20

Week 3 Review: NaNoWriMo Day 21

Writers in Relationships: NaNoWriMo with your SO Days 22-25

30,000 Word Reward: NaNoWriMo Day 26

Saturday Snippet: NaNoWriMo Day 27

Week 4 Review: NaNoWriMo Day 28

40,000 Word Reward: NaNoWriMo Day 29

Final Results: NaNoWriMo Day 30

40,000 Word Reward: NaNoWriMo Day 29

Nanowrimo rewards Day 29

Just a very short one today to show off my 40,000 NaNoWriMo word reward.

An anthurium:

And yes, it has warmed up quite a bit today to 0 degrees fahrenheit. Super balmy after last week’s minus 60 wind chill. Downright tropical! 

I am feverishly writing to catch up so I can get to 50,000 words tomorrow.

Wish me luck!

Here are the stats:

Progress:

Day 29 Word Count: 1177

Total Word Count: 40280

Where I Planned to Be: 48000

1667 words per day: 48343

Tomorrow’s going to be a doozy!