This is my fourth report on my progress toward my goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by November 30 as part of National Novel Writing Month. Read more of my thoughts on NaNoWriMo.

It’s not looking so great. My word count is stalled at just over 30,000 words. Yesterday was supposed to be my big catch-up day, but it seemed like I was distracted by one thing after another. I’m starting to lose faith that I can actually finish my novel by the end of the month. I do have Friday off from work, but I’m not sure how many words I can write in one day. I guess I’ll find out.

I did finally receive my Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. As I’d suspected, I don’t think I’m going to get used to it quickly enough for it to be a real asset for this year’s NaNoWriMo. I’m finding it hard to concentrate on my story and remember to enunciate at the same time. I’m sure I’ll re-learn how to speak clearly, but for now, using Dragon is slower than typing for me, especially when Dragon hears one of my characters’ names, Beth, as “death” every other time I say it. I’ll write a complete review of Dragon once I’ve used the software a little more.

Next Monday will be my last NaNoWriMo Report for the year. I’ll let you know how it all turned out.

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