Things I learned from NaNoWriMo #5 (#nanowrimo)

#5 Don’t get discouraged by other people’s word counts.

Some people like to look at where other people are in comparison to them. I like to look at friends because then it’s personal and I can be like, Bob has 10,000 words more than me? The hell he does! and then it inspires me to write more.

However, there are going to be people with over 50,000 words in the first 24 hours. There are actually going to be people with over 100,000 words in the first 24 hours. These people will make you sad. Don’t let this get to you.

Tell yourself that they are writing grocery store pulp and yours is going for the Pulitzer. Tell yourself that they are making the numbers up (sadly, they aren’t). Tell yourself whatever you want but don’t let it discourage you into stopping, no matter what.

If you want to compare Word Counts with me (with the understanding that you will neither get upset if I am beating you nor mock me if you are kicking my butt, my NaNo username is hillarydepiano).