Hi, I'm Randa. I joined this community a couple of weeks ago.

I've worked on a therapeutic and cathartic writing project during the past three NaNoWriMo's. Every December first for the past three December firsts I've sworn that I'm not going to wait until the next NaNoWriMo to continue diligent work on my project. That diligent work outside of NaNoWriMo has never happened. I think this is so because NaNoWriMo gives me a concrete goal to strive for; without a concrete goal to work toward I become complacent. Problem solved thanks to this community!

My efforts will begin on January first.

Good luck to everyone!

Can someone point me towards a progress bar that will add on the word count as it grows? I'm terrible at math, and I'm bound to make a mistake as to the final word count if I have to add it up manually.