It is day 14 of NaNoWriMo and my word count is like a roller coaster. One day I've hit an all time high, the next day my schedule is crazy and my count drops like a rock. I think that yesterday was my worst day so far coming in under 1000 words. Today, I managed to write 1,950 words. My average is 2,112 words per day. I am way ahead of my count from last year.
The novel is moving forward. Some paragraphs feel like they were written by a 10 year old and some feel brilliantly written. Sometimes my characters make me laugh until tears dribble from my eyes and sometimes they get mad at me for the things I put them through.
In the past, I've struggled with allowing bad things to happen to my characters. I think this novel has helped me overcome that.