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Just surpassed 25k words on this year's NaNoWriMo project! How are you all doing on yours?

I’ve got just over 9,000 words down for this year’s NaNoWriMo! Feeling hesitant but hopeful. Anyone else attempting it this year?

Anyone else feeling tempted to write for NaNoWriMo despite having very little preparation done? I haven't done it for a few years but I'm having the urge to spontaneously jump back in.

Hello friends! Thanks for sticking with me despite my lack of activity. 
          
          I haven't written anything in so long... But not due to a lack of ideas! On the contrary, I've got several stories I've been working on planning/plotting—one of which is basically fully planned out. 
          
          The problem lies in my inspiration to actually write. I've felt a complete lack of willpower to get started on any of my projects. How do you find the motivation to start writing?

I'm beyond excited to share my final update for ONC 2024: The Mermaid's Reckoning earned an honorable mention!
          
          What an incredible journey this has been. TMR started off as a "joke" project that I didn't expect to get far with—but I'm so glad I was wrong and chose to follow my gut in developing it further. This story has come to mean a lot to me, and I'm so grateful to those who have followed along and shown me support along the way! 
          
          Congratulations to the contest winners, my fellow honorable mentions, and everyone else who has attempted ONC this year! It's been fun, and I hope to write with you all again next year :)
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/361890536-the-mermaid%27s-reckoning-onc-2024

Hello all! I just came on here to excitedly share that both of my ONC 2024 entries, The Mermaid's Reckoning and A Second Verse, have made it to the contest's Shortlist! This is my first year submitting to ONC and I'm beyond pleased to have made it this far—though it took a lot of work to get here! Much love to the fellow contestants, and best of luck as we go into the final placings! 
          
          P.S. Feel free to check out my entries and decide for yourself if they're winner-worthy ;)

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to share that I've successfully finished and submitted both of my ONC entries to the third and final round of the contest! The Mermaid's Reckoning has a final word count of just over 31,000 words, while A Second Verse has just over 29,000. I'm beyond proud (and relieved) to have finished them in time! (Also, I wrote 60,000 words within the span of a few months? That's actually insane). 
          
          I'll be stepping back to take a breather while I wait for the results to come out, and I don't have any future projects in the works as of now. In the meantime, thank you all for your continued support, best of luck to other contestants, and props to those who have stuck it out this far or attempted the contest in the first place! It's been tough, but I'm proud to have been a part of it.

ICYMI: The Mermaid's Reckoning is now complete! I'll wait a day or two to submit the final product to the contest; in the meantime, please do let me know if you see any mistakes or find anything confusing! I'll be doing some proofreading on my own but it's never a bad idea to have some extra sets of eyes looking it over.
          
          I'm going to continue to write A Second Verse in the hopes I'll be able to finish it before the final deadline. If not, I'll continue to share it with you all either way!
          
          Thank you all for your continued support!

A few updates regarding my ONC entries!
          
          I've nearly finished writing The Mermaid's Reckoning! The final few chapters will be released throughout the week. I can't believe our journey is nearly over, but I'm excited to share the rest of the story with you all.
          
          Moving forward now that The Mermaid's Reckoning is (almost) entirely written, I'll be focusing more of my attention on A Second Verse to try and finish it in time to meet the deadline. If you suddenly see that I'm releasing multiple chapters at once, or on a wacky schedule... That's why!
          
          In the meantime, please do let me know if you see any obvious grammatical errors, plot holes, or generally confusing things in either of those stories! While I try my best to proofread, readers' eyes might notice them more quickly than I do—and I might not notice if a plot point or scene is unclear, since I'm the one writing it! I'd like to catch and fix any mistakes before I've submitted my entries to the final round.
          
          Thank you all for your continued support! We're in the home stretch!

I’m beyond pleased to share that both of my ONC 2024 entries (The Mermaid’s Reckoning and A Second Verse) have qualified in Round 2! I plan on releasing the next chapters of both very soon. Thank you all for your continued support, and congratulations to all of the other contestants, whether you’ve qualified in this round or not! Write on!