Hooray, the on-call schedule is over. I’m no longer on pager duty, and this gives me time and peace of mind to focus on NaNoWriMo 2023. Or so I thought. I had forgotten that I planned to publish a short story today. Most of today’s time was spent in the final lap towards publishing the book….

Another day of missing the daily target for NaNoWriMo 2023. I wrote 1409 words, only about 250 short of the target, and then I caved. I’m still on-call, so… Let me blame the on-call schedule for my slacking. Date Count Nov 12, 2023 1409 words Shabana Mukhtar

This is the weirdest NaNoWriMo 2023. Not only did I make up for the lag from the last two days, but I also managed to meet my goal at the end of 11 days. DATE Count Nov 11, 2023 711 words Nov 11, 2023 713 words Nov 11, 2023 516 words Nov 11, 2023 401 words Nov 11, 2023…

Talk about troughs and peaks this NaNoWriMo 2023. Date Count Nov 10, 2023 650 words Nov 10, 2023 593 words Nov 10, 2023 103 words I’m still working on the short stort I talked about, the original two projects plan at the start of this month is parked aside for a couple of days. We’re 1/3 into this…

Day #9 of NaNoWriMo 2023 proved to be a distraction. There’s a short story that’s sitting in my OneDrive for almost four years now. And I suddenly recalled that idea. It was at 1035 words, and I added a few words to it. This isn’t over. I will continue tomorrow. At least I hope to….

Day 8th of NaNoWriMo 2023, and I kinda made up for yesterday’s loss, but I’m still not meeting my daily goal. I’m 1200 words away from 13666, where I should have been. The story is coming along nicely, though. Date Count Nov 8, 2023 936 words Nov 8, 2023 255 words Nov 8, 2023 434 words Nov 8,…

I’m failing so hard this NaNoWriMo 2023. Date Count Nov 7, 2023 471 words Nov 7, 2023 405 words Nov 7, 2023 83 words Shabana Mukhtar

Phew! I managed to clear some backlog today and wrote 2400 words on project 2. Making good progress on NaNoWriMo 2023. Nov 6, 2023 893 words Nov 6, 2023 712 words Nov 6, 2023 408 words Nov 6, 2023 387 words How are others doing? Shabana Mukhtar

I wrote 714 words today, ONLY. Talk about failing at NaNoWriMo 2023. It happens every time, every weekend. I plan to clear a chunk of to-do list on Sunday and end up slacking big time. Nov 5, 2023 714 words Shabana Mukhtar

Alright, it’s already day #4 of NaNoWriMo 2023. Today was a bit better in terms of achieving the target and churned out 1766 words, but I still have a lot of backlog from day #3. Yikes!   Nov 4, 2023 552 words Nov 4, 2023 142 words Nov 4, 2023 1014 words Nov 4, 2023 58 words Shabana Mukhtar

  This was only the third day of NaNoWriMo 2023 and boy did I miss the target. Nov 3, 2023 404 words Nov 3, 2023 331 words All of these words were part of the Project 1 (we’re doing two novellas this year). I wasn’t stuck. It was just a very hectic day at work that left…

Hello, my dear word wizards. It’s day #2 of NaNoWriMo 2023. Today was crazy. I didn’t start writing until 6:27 PM. And I was almost freaking out, thinking that I might not be able to meet today’s goal. In the panic mode, I started working on the second outline. Remember, I’m planning to finish two…

Make way, people! I’m on my way to win NaNoWriMo 2023 this time, AGAIN. I wrote 1715 words today, and part of that could be attributed to the novelty-it’s another new beginning. However, I struggled to get time to write. Date Count Nov 1, 2023 92 words Nov 1, 2023 188 words Nov 1, 2023 190 words Nov…

Big surprise! I’m participating in NaNoWriMo 2023. This is my 6th year doing a NaNoWriMo. And, except for 2019 when I missed a little over a thousand words, I’ve finished 50000 words every single time. That’s what NaNoWriMo helps you do. With AI tools available to “unstuck” the writers, I think this year’s NaNoWriMo would…