1. This just in: I have won NaNoWriMo 2009. I can now officially add on to my writing portfolio that I’ve written a novel (though I still have about 2,000 words left until I’ll be satisfied with the book myself). As of now, I’m feeling a crazy whirlwind of emotions, filled with joy, confusion, accomplishment, and tiredness*. It’s a great feeling, one that makes me feel as if my brain has shut off from the thirty days of pain I’ve enforced upon it. But it’s a beautiful feeling nevertheless, knowing that I’m in a small group of people who have written 50,000 words in one lone month. I couldn’t have done this without the support of my family, who at first thought I was crazy for trying to take under such a large task, and the Internet, who is much crazier than me, so they convinced me it was doable. In the end, the Internet was right. This is the first image I saw on the NaNoWriMo winner’s page, and as soon as I saw it, I filled up with joy. It’s an amazing experience, with an amazing community, that I’d suggest for any writers in a slump. Pushing yourself to write is a major pain in the ass some days, but in the end, you feel like you’re on top of the world. All right, I’m going to get some sleep, and finish this homework. Thanks once again to everyone who encouraged me to do this project. I wouldn’t be here without all of you. * Mainly the tiredness. But, who knows? I could just be crazy.

    This just in: I have won NaNoWriMo 2009.

    I can now officially add on to my writing portfolio that I’ve written a novel (though I still have about 2,000 words left until I’ll be satisfied with the book myself). As of now, I’m feeling a crazy whirlwind of emotions, filled with joy, confusion, accomplishment, and tiredness*. It’s a great feeling, one that makes me feel as if my brain has shut off from the thirty days of pain I’ve enforced upon it. But it’s a beautiful feeling nevertheless, knowing that I’m in a small group of people who have written 50,000 words in one lone month.

    I couldn’t have done this without the support of my family, who at first thought I was crazy for trying to take under such a large task, and the Internet, who is much crazier than me, so they convinced me it was doable. In the end, the Internet was right.

    This is the first image I saw on the NaNoWriMo winner’s page, and as soon as I saw it, I filled up with joy. It’s an amazing experience, with an amazing community, that I’d suggest for any writers in a slump. Pushing yourself to write is a major pain in the ass some days, but in the end, you feel like you’re on top of the world.

    All right, I’m going to get some sleep, and finish this homework. Thanks once again to everyone who encouraged me to do this project. I wouldn’t be here without all of you.

    * Mainly the tiredness. But, who knows? I could just be crazy.


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  1. anosognosia reblogged this from shaneadamsiswriting and added:
    congratulations! :)
  2. lifenation reblogged this from shaneblog and added:
    exaccccttllly how...won. congrats :)
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