Nov 22: 0
Nov 23: 368
Nov 24: 544
Nov 25: 0
Nov 26: 597
Nov 27: 541
Nov 28: 556
Nov 29: 441
Nov 30: 536
Total 3583
NaNoWriMo Grand Total 16,767
As you can see, I fell well short of the 50 thousand word count that NaNoWriMo challenges us to produce in a month.
The experience has convinced me that I don’t enjoy writing with an eye on word count. It feels forced and approaches drudgery. I didn’t even try to hit the numbers this last week. I was much happier with the quality of the results.
My average daily word count tops off regularly somewhere between 500 and 600 with my preferred rolling editing style. If I’m ever going to up the count, it will have to happen naturally as a result of continuous writing.
No more trying to force it. No more NaNoWriMo for me.
Carlos Carrasco 