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How Sweet It Is…NaNoWriMo 2021

Here we are. November 30th, 2021. The last day of NaNoWriMo for the year. For those who might not know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. This happens every November (with smaller events happening in April and July). The gist of the November event is to attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. This boils down to 1,667 words a day. Which doesn’t sound that daunting when you say it like that, but add in work and family and holidays and 1,667 words a day can suddenly turn into being 10,000 words behind with one day left in the month. (Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything. Looking at you NaNo 2011.) A few years ago, I decided I wanted to write a Bloodborne inspired novel. Not necessarily a fanfic. Just a thread of inspiration that came to mind while I was playing my favorite game of all time: Bloodborne. Well, I tried in NaNo 2018. Deviated course in 2019 (with no luck), and tried again in NaNo 2020. I managed to write about 16,000 words between th...