Pelwrath NaNoWriMo Fasces Descending

[pelwrath]

For what it's worth, I'm up to 36,675 words.

[pelwrath]

My NaNo total was 14,275 words, from a base of 21,000. I have a clearer direction and ending in mind. If it wasn't for the embarasment and unprofesionality of quiting near the end I might actually think well of what I achieved here.

[RAVENEYE]

Dec 11, 2022 22:40:07 GMT -6 pelwrath said:

My NaNo total was 14,275 words, from a base of 21,000. I have a clearer direction and ending in mind. If it wasn't for the embarasment and unprofesionality of quiting near the end I might actually think well of what I achieved here.

Congrats, Pel! Sounds like something good came of the frenzy and the frustration. 

[pelwrath]

One of the things I feel that almost everyone here has learned about writing, is learning about themselves. Not so much the strengths and weaknesses, but the intangibles about them. Maybe I should've learned that or it should've been learned in tandom. Learning about sacrafice, giving, and understanding. I'm a much better writer than when I started, I feel it when I write.
I was bad, I mean really bad. Still not where I want to be, but my writing is better. The problem is I wasn't better, maybe comfortable is a better description. I and others have said that we write for those who enjoy our stories. That's true but not the full answer. We write to make others happy, but we also write to make ourselves happy, that's the part that I've recently understood. Part of the reason I wrote was to prove myself to others. Carly Simon wrote a song about what that was.
Thank you.

[RAVENEYE]

I and others have said that we write for those who enjoy our stories. That's true but not the full answer. We write to make others happy, but we also write to make ourselves happy, that's the part that I've recently understood. Part of the reason I wrote was to prove myself to others.

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