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I've participated in NaNoWriMo twice now, and both times have been fairly life changing experiences. The first time, I finished my very first novel ever, which was pretty amazing considering I was only fifteen. The entire month felt like a dream, and I especially appreciated being able to keep an eye on other people's progress, because it kick-started my own most days.
This past NaNo is the one that really rocked my world, though. I discovered a story that only I could tell because, well, it's my story. And that's a scary thing, you know? You don't want to screw it up because then you'll feel disappointed in yourself. I knew I would never buckle down and write it if I didn't have a reason to spit everything out. So I started my book on the first of November and just kept writing. There were a lot of times I wanted to quit, but I knew my best friend (who was also participating) and some of the people I'd met over the site would be extremely disappointed in me. There were some days when I hopped on the forums and what I read there was the only reason I wrote anything.
Throughout the course of the month, my plot changed a hundred times, characters showed up and disappeared at their own discretion. But I didn't cut a single word out and I didn't sweat it that nothing made any sense. Because that's what NaNoWriMo is for. The whole point is to get your story down and understand exactly how important to you it is. The world may never see it. You may never finish editing because the world just gets in the way. But you know what? It's written. And nothing can take that away.

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