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1. After signing up weeks ago, the day to start your novel has finally arrived.
2. Then you sit down to your laptop and realize you have absolutely no idea what you're doing
3. You don't even know where to start.
4. You decide to take a peek on Twitter at #NaNoWriMo to see if everybody else is having as much trouble as you are.
5. And whoa, some people haven't even started yet! At least you're sat at your computer. You have nothing to worry about.
6. Then you spot someone on Facebook who has already written more than 1500 words and it's not even noon yet!
7. A hug would be really helpful right now.
8. It dawns on you that you haven't actually done any writing yet, which is the point of all of this suffering and uncertainty.
9. You are going to buckle down RIGHT NOW. After food though, because you deserve a break.
10. You sit down again and refuse to stop until you have written at least 1000 words.
11. Your obnoxious Facebook friend from earlier has finished for the day, and is ahead of word count. You no longer care.
12. You consider giving up now but you know all you'll be able to tell yourself is:
13. So you go for one last push.
14. Finally after an entire day you hit your target word count. Self-Five!
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