{"id":1134,"date":"2019-11-15T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebonyxscape.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2019-11-15T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:18:51","slug":"encouraging-thoughts-for-nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebonyxscape.com\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Thoughts for NaNoWriMo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">We have just about hit the halfway point of NaNoWriMo. Now don\u2019t freak out and don\u2019t worry. I\u2019m not at my word count goal either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yep, that\u2019s right. I am miserably behind as far being on pace for 50k, but I\u2019m okay with that. At least I\u2019m telling myself to be okay with that. I have not even written each day, but that\u2019s ok too. Even if our writing timelines outlast NaNoWriMo, we should still be proud of ourselves for taking on a task like this. Even as I find myself going slower, I have still found new magic in rewriting my story, asking questions that evaded me before, creating new characters, and exploring new locations. 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Now don\u2019t freak out and don\u2019t worry. I\u2019m not at my word count goal either! Yep, that\u2019s right. I am miserably behind as far being on pace for 50k, but I\u2019m okay with that. At least I\u2019m telling myself to be okay with that. 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