We're just over a third of the way through the month right now, and so far I've been able to keep up the habit of writing nearly every day. There were a couple of days where I didn't write, or only wrote a few words before petering out, but I've largely maintained the habit.
I'd done really well maintaining a daily writing habit last November, but I lost it again in December, and then of course with all of the events of this year so far (my mom's hip replacement, my dad's cardiac procedure, my cat's diagnosis of diabetes, and the doll show), I never made the time to pick it up again.
So it feels really good to be writing daily again, and I hope to continue the habit throughout Camp NaNoWriMo's April 2024 session and (hopefully) beyond.
What's interesting, though, is that I've been writing a completely different story than what I was working on in November (and have been working on intermittently for over a decade). I came up with the idea for a new story just a few days before Camp started, and decided to run with it. I knew if I didn't write it now, I wouldn't ever get back to it, so here I am.
It's turning out to be a good story idea, and I'm not sorry. I feel like it has a lot of promise.
Camp is a much quieter affair than full-blown November NaNoWriMo, of course. Normally we don't have any write-ins during Camp at all, but we'd talked about starting up a year-round one after the holidays. After the doll show, with Camp looming, I decided now was the time to do so. And while it's proving to be helpful, I also feel like a lot of the impetus is on me, since it's only that one write-in once a week. The rest of the week, I'm doing it on my own.
I'm planning to continue writing even after April is over. I'll have the weekly write-in to help keep me going, but if I do fall off the wagon again, at least I'll have the next Camp session in July to get me back on track again.
I hope everyone else's Camp NaNoWriMo is going well too!
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