Hit the 50,000 word mark this evening. Didn't finish the novel, which looks to be around 70,000 words by the end, but I made my goal. In fact, after I finished I went back and slashed the heck out of what I'd done already because as I was writing I was thinking of better ways to redo it. Sigh. My inner editor is a real bastard.
Now to catch up. What happened in November, anyway?
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I died in the first week, I had too much going on with school and work, that I didn't have time to write. So I changed my goal to just write everyday, and that I've kept, and I'm going to try to continue.
Still, I hope the nano forums don't go away anytime soon, cause they're helpful.
I fizzled before the month even started, what with three trips to Children's in Seattle and a week out of town for work, the month of November was over before it started.
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I made my 50,000. It's actually closer to 80,000 total words so far. Unfortunately, it's two separate stories and neither are finished - or even nearly.
Kudos to you, Chris, who managed to stick to one story even past the stages of loathing. How's it going?
I had a much more exact goal to hit, finish the next two chapters in the book I'm working on. Unfortunately I still have about 4 scenes to write up on that second chapter. All together, probably about 15,000 words. Oh well, I did get some stuff done, and considering it took me years to do the first 3 chapters, I am happy.
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I'm leaving it alone for at least a couple of weeks while I catch up on my other stuff, and then I'll go back and see what I can salvage.
If nothing else, it does give you a small glimpse of what it takes to be a writer. You have to produce, every day, no excuses. Oy.
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