That Pacemaker site looks excellent! I bookmarked it too!
I've learnt that I'm a lot more determined than I think - I didn't think I'd get 50,000 words
Also learnt that I work really hard for what I want, I've juggled learning with NaNo and on a good day can complete nearly 4,000 words.. on an average day I try and do 2,000. It's funny because all my friends are tweeting that they have a 2k essay due in this week and another one the week after that and they're struggling, I'm putting 2,000 words down on paper a day whereas before NaNo I never would have - it's got me into the habit.
People closest to me know I'm writing, if I did the challenge alone I would have probably failed but I don't want to lose face and drop out leaving people making remarks at whatever happened to my book. Letting people know is one of the biggest motivations!
Finally I'd have to say I've learnt that you shouldn't put off what you can do today to tomorrow (in terms of writing that is, everything else can wait!)
I've learnt that I'm a lot more determined than I think - I didn't think I'd get 50,000 words
Also learnt that I work really hard for what I want, I've juggled learning with NaNo and on a good day can complete nearly 4,000 words.. on an average day I try and do 2,000. It's funny because all my friends are tweeting that they have a 2k essay due in this week and another one the week after that and they're struggling, I'm putting 2,000 words down on paper a day whereas before NaNo I never would have - it's got me into the habit.
People closest to me know I'm writing, if I did the challenge alone I would have probably failed but I don't want to lose face and drop out leaving people making remarks at whatever happened to my book. Letting people know is one of the biggest motivations!
Finally I'd have to say I've learnt that you shouldn't put off what you can do today to tomorrow (in terms of writing that is, everything else can wait!)