Failure... or success?

Well, in one way I guess I failed National Novel Writing Month -- it's now December 1 and I have 15, 246 words. That's quite a bit short of 50,000, but I also didn't stick to writing every day. That is the work of 10 days, and I have to say I'm impressed with that. Definitely been a worthwhile venture. I'm going to keep working on my book just to finish a first draft. Then we'll see if I want to do anything with it.
Either way, I'm counting it as a success! Apparently only 19 percent of participants got their 50,000 words, so I don't feel too badly. :) And hey, I averaged some 1,500 words a day -- I had no idea I could write like that! In 10 days work, I've surpassed the novel I've been working on for six months -- that project is only at 6,000 words.
I'm so excited to be learning about all this -- watch out, December, here I come!