This beautiful thing is called a NaNoWriMo winner web badge. Palmer and I both earned one this year! It was a great joy working with Palmer’s class with the Young Writers Program. Each student was challenged to write a 5,000 word novel. While not every student passed the finish line, they all seemed to enjoy the creative process. Palmer’s teacher, Mrs. Wesley, participated and wrote a 5,000 word novel, too.
This is my fourth year of participating in NaNoWriMo, and this one has been the most challenging. I crossed the 50,0000 word finish line on November 29th! My greatest challenge was fitting in my writing time after my part time teaching job. Most days I came home wiped out after working with my five and six year old energetic students. No complaints though because they’ve given me great inspiration!
Check out National Novel Writing Month at www.nanowrimo.org.
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