Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

10 things I learned from doing NaNnoWriMo

I took part in my first ever NaNnoWriMo this year. I planned every detail out in October, but still I didn't think I could do it. My novel is not quite finished and it needs a lot of editing, but I hit 50,000 words with 32 hours to spare. I'm so incredibly proud of myself and I learned a lot from the process.

Here are the 10 things I learned from doing NaNnoWriMo:

I am more than capable of writing a story over 1000 words. Honestly, that was previous highest word count for a story!
I eat more junk and drink more coffee when I'm writing.
50,000 words in 30 days is not that hard if you break it down with daily targets.
If anything uses the term win/winner, I will do it. I am highly competitive and, now, a NaNo winner.
My writing.com friends are awesomely supportive.
I am able to tell a story well. But seriously need to work on 'showing'.
I really want to give up my day job and just write. That's not something I'll be doing any time soon.
I can write a novel without my hand dropping off. I only type with one hand and I have wrist problems. But I got very little pain. I didn't even use Dragon Dictate.
Its great to do something so big with so many other people! Quite fun really.
I would probably do it all again.