NaNoWriMo results

Well, another year of NaNoWriMo is complete. Here are our results:

3. Ronnie — I wrote less than 1800 words, but I might have gotten as much out of having one deadline I could blow off as I would have had I finished. :-)

2. MJ — Her wordcount is 37,000+ and climbing. She didn't actually start writing until the 8th or so, so she still has a good shot at doing 50,000 in 30 days.

1. Chloe — Goal reached! She got way behind—so much so that I certainly thought she sh/would simply give up. Instead, she started fresh, dug in her heels, and cranked out some words, baby! She was surprised to find herself starting her last chapter two days ago, still a bit shy of her wordcount. So, she's including in her total wordcount the 5,000 words she put in on her first attempt at the beginning of the month. Seems fair to me.

And a note about responsibility
One of the oft-heard criticisms of unschooling is that our kids will never learn responsibility if they are never expected to do anything. To that, I simply say, "Ppppbbbbbllllttt!"