on Writers Cookbook:
Hi. My name is Ellie and I failed to complete NaNoWriMo.
Phew. It feels good to get that off my chest.
It is incredibly hard to admit that you failed something. Believe me—I mostly just spent time pretending that my NaNoWriMo didn’t exist for a while.
But it did, and it still does.
Even though I did not complete my 50,000 words in 30 days, and so technically did fail, I don’t truly feel like a failure. There is more to it than just the numbers.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
You are correct. There truly is more to writing than just numbers… there’s also thinking out a plot, developing characters that are believable and not just a cookie cutter of what’s “popular”. I write for the pleasure of it, and if it happens to make the numbers then it makes the numbers. I’m more concerned with the story. I wish you all the best and do hope that you continue writing… forget the pesky numbers and enjoy the process! 🙂
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This was a little late – it should have been published in August … as people who want to take part now have already lost half of September to prepare.
And I agree with the author – she did not fail. She learned.
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The original article was written in December 2018, Fran, but I only found it a couple of days ago.
I thought it might pre-advise and comfort anyone else who feels they failed.
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Oh, it was still early enough to get people considering taking part, I am sure – and to not feel bad if they do not complete. I only took part once, competely unprepared … I faltered after about a week, too.
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I’ve never tried, Fran – I had more than enough deadlines and targets to meet when I was working – now I’m retired, I don’t need to revisit those pressures 😃
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I am usually good under pressure! But I have a work life and some other things and I am reader, too – and I want to write for pleasure alone.
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