Over the course of November, I wrote 50,012 words towards my novel, pieced together as:

• scenes for the first 5 turning points and first step of the 6th turning point of my WIP
• a prologue
• off-shoot stories about some of the cast of characters who are part of my protagonist’s journey.

In addition to NaNoWriMo, I completed a writing course, applied for 5 jobs, and fulfilled family, work and personal responsibilities. The writing milestones are personal highlights of the past 12 months. Funnily, when I co-wrote my first post of 2016 (on maintaining goals), I hadn’t set out on this path, conceiving these goals in the final half of the year (and working on them in the last quarter), giving me a more tangible target than my previously vague goal of progressing my WIP over the year (it is never too late to start a ‘new year resolution’).

Here, I share lessons I learnt about myself, my writing, and the writing process. Continue reading →