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National Novel Writing Month saved my life. Not quite literally, but it did. You see, bar exam results come out in November. I spent the first part of November in tense anticipation, taking the edge off by writing like the wind. Then I was notified that bar results would be available the following day. I stopped writing and waited for what felt like forever. The site with results crashed a few times during the day, but when I finally logged in I saw that I had not passed. By nine points.

I felt like everything in my life came to a screeching halt. I had to withdraw job applications that had been submitted under the assumption that I would pass the bar and be admitted to practice. I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. I spent two days with my life at a stop.

Then I decided that I was only going to fail at one thing in November, fired up my laptop, and *wrote*. I pushed myself and my characters and the limits of plot credibility. I finished NaNoWriMo and felt like I had truly accomplished something, and that I was capable of accomplishing just about anything. I signed up to take the bar exam again, determined that the next time would have a much better ending.

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