My first NaNoWriMo

This morning I finished the first draft of my NaNoWriMo 2014 novel (which shall remain nameless, for now) which is a total of 57,337 words.

I know it is only the 15th and I still have half a month left but from the 6th I went slightly insane and decided to push myself to write approximately 5,000 words a day.

I gave myself a 5,000 word a day goal because:

1) I wanted to see if I could do it.
2) I couldn't stop myself writing.
3) I wanted to finish it early.
4) I must be a borderline masochist.

At first I just wanted to stick to the 1,667 words a day because I thought it would add to the fun of it, but after a few days, I found it harder to stop writing, so in the end ... I didn't.

My daily word counts were:
Saturday 1st November - 1,696 words
Sunday 2nd November - 1,739 words
Monday 3rd November - 1,736 words
Tuesday 4th November - 1,893 words
Wednesday 5th November - 1,713 words
Thursday 6th November - 5,033 words
Friday 7th November - 6,339 words
Saturday 8th November - 6,382 words
Sunday 9th November - 3,580 words
Monday 10th November - 5,041 words
Tuesday 11th November - 4,910 words
Wednesday 12th November - 5,028 words
Thursday 13th November - 4,917 words
Friday 14th November - 5,931 words
Saturday 15th November - 1,399 words

TOTAL - 57,337 words

Honestly, now it is finished, I feel a bit bereft so to try and tackle this, I have spent the best part of the evening setting up this blog, a twitter & instagram account and all manner of other things to soothe my lonely (but aching) fingers.

What I have learnt from my first NaNoWriMo:

1) I adore writing. 

2) If I set myself a goal, I can reach it.

3) I have learnt a lot about myself.

4) If I write for long periods, I get a twitch in my right eye.

Thank you NaNoWriMo and I can't wait until next year.