So, my friends, I hate to say this... but I think I've been defeated.
At 22,000 words with 7 days left, you'd think I'd be full on forward. And I was...
... until I got a busted eardrum.
Apparently extreme sinus pressure, stress, and a love-tap to the back of the head with a football equals waking up at 2:00 in the morning with blood gushing from your ear, a trip to the ER, and an unknown number of days with vertigo, trips to various doctors, and bluebell creamsicles whilst lying on the couch.
Oh, and I have to keep cotton swabs in my ear to soak up the constant seeping of red ooze.
I tried. I really did. My main character overdid it this morning with magic, and she busted an eardrum. 1400 words worth of description pounded out with very real-life inspiration.
But it was no use. I couldn't write after that. I'm actually not supposed to be doing anything stressful, and worrying about a wordcount is definitely that. Especially when one is this far behind.
So I'm taking a step back, and I'll resume my writing after I'm fully healed.
It was a fun run, and thanks for bearing with me! I still have my initial writing challenge of finishing my re-write before the end of the year. And there will be other crazy-town writing challenges; including, of course... next NaNoWriMo ;-)
Laterz.
Final Wordcount: 22,720
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