When I started this venture, I read about the pain and suffering that would occur from writing 50,000 words in just 30 days. I didn’t think that Chris Baty really meant it.
Here I sit, a winner on my first NaNoWriMo. I drug myself through the last week, (And drugged myself).
Wednesday, I got a cramp in my neck which ended up being a pinched nerve, still I typed even though the pain was radiating down my left arm into my hand.
Saturday, I got a cold, still I typed
Sunday I got a terrible sinus headache, still I typed.
Monday, I could barely move from the back pain. I didn’t type that day. With just 2,000 words to go, I was wondering if my body could hold out.
Tuesday I got an earache, I sat dutifully at my computer as my back pain got worse after the chiropracter knocked me around and I typed
Wednesday, I turned in my two week notice at the library, dragged/drugged my broken body to the computer and sacrificed it on the alter of creativity.
Now I can post the winner badge on my website, and give my broken body a chance to heal before we fly out at 5 a.m. tomorrow to go to Nick and Laura Lee’s wedding.
Neither Pain, Slow, sleep, nor Fail. Nothing can stop a writer determined
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