So basically, after day nine of NaNo, I completely gave up on writing. It’s now day nineteen, and I know I can still get back to writing, but I don’t know how I feel about it.

At the beginning of the month I had booked today as being purely for focussing on my writing. Then I got up this morning and part of me is thinking “Why bother?” I’ve already missed out on ten days of writing, is it even worth trying anymore?

I knew that I would never complete the wordcount. I haven’t written anything in years. My aim was just to enjoy writing agin. It’s just a little frustrating that everything got derailed because I forgot to write anything one day, so I just stopped trying from then on.

If I’m being honest with myself, I should just set a timer and write as much as I can for at least ten minutes, just to get myself started. Then I can come back in a little bit to write a little more.

So far I’ve written just under 5000 words in total. I would love to reach 10,000 words by the end of the month. That would be amazing, especially considering that I’ve had such a big break in the middle of the month.

My point is, even though I feel like I’ve completely failed this challenge, it isn’t over yet. I can still get back into writing. And the wordcount isn’t my most important goal for this month anyway.

So until next time,
Love Bobbi. Xx,