Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Are you seriously behind or haven't even started? I've got some good news for you. YOU CAN STILL MAKE It!

I type about 35 words per minute (slow, I know). For me, I do about 1600 words per hour of writing. By the time I factor in resting time, it's really about 1000 to 1200 per hour. Just for the sake of crunching numbers, let's go with 1000/hour. That means if you haven't started, you need 50 hours of writing to win. Just to be conservative, add about half again, and you get 75 hours. That should give you some resting time. So if you can set aside 75 of the next 96 hours, you can make it, even if you haven't started.

I'm fortunate enough to be (almost) halfway, so I only need 26 hours of actual writing, so with the half again added, I just need 38 hours to be able to complete my goal. Surely I can fit 16 hours of actual writing time into that. (The 16 comes from the actual time spent writing of around 1600/hour.)

Starting Monday, I'll be on Twitter following the hash tag #LMP (for Last Minute Push). If you want some encouragement, Just add that hash tag to your tweet, and I'll send some your way! I also plan on stopping in here and following and/or starting threads by other "last minute pushers". Together, I know we can win!

See you at the finish line!

Good luck gradyp! I'm sure you can make it. I hope to finish tomorrow. Happy writing!

I'm in the same boat. I've gone through three false starts with other ideas and now I'm starting to move along.

We'll see if I manage it.

I'm planning on writing about 5000 words tomorrow so I can catch up, well I probably won't get to 40000 tonight so more like 7000

I just hit 36k... so If I type 1000 an hour, that makes 14 hours of writing. :D
And, I write faster than that, so I can shorten it to 10 hours. Rawr. 2 hours a day, and I still have school. I'm not sure I'll make it, but I can always try. I have a good chance! Plus, I can cheat because I live in a different time zone. So I'll have time to write in the morning before November is officially over for you guys. (I, uh, probably won't do that, only as a last resort...)

These are the last 96 hours, aren't they... I intend to be able to say "I wrote 70% of my novel in the last 96 hours" (it sounds slightly more impressive than "I only wrote 15K all month until I finally got down to business in the last four days" ><).

I'm pulling the only all-nighter I can now, because out of these 96 hours, 30 are guaranteed to go to classes, driving, and unavoidable projects (at least it's due the 29th, not the 30th). Never mind sleep!

Thanks for crunching all of those numbers for me! I feel a lot better now that I have concrete numbers to work with!

Whether we're right on pace or still behind, we can all catch up! Good luck to you all!

Push on through! My first Nano I finished minutes before midnight after writing 14000 words that day. Write in blocks of about 50 min or so, taking regular short breaks, and take the story wherever it wants to go. And it wants to go to 50000!

Go for it , everyone. I'm almost at 39K, but sleepiness has caught up with me tonight (this morning, actually). Time to turn in and get some Z's. I'm optimistic I can jump my total ahead tomorrow like I did today. I got over 7K today, and that's the most I've done in one day so far. It's going to take more of that to win, but I'm up for it. Go to the top and keep churning the keys out there.

You guys can all do it! I finally got caught up on Thanksgiving, but I'm going to push and see if I can finish today. I can write 400 words in a ten minute burst. I break for ten minutes then do it again. If thinking about 1000 words an hour is too much for your brain, see what you can do in 10 or 15 minutes and break it into smaller chunks. That's the only way I can get through November.

Hah, I'm at 21k still, but my determination is not faltering. Best of luck to you all who haven't finished~!

I've never had to do a 14K day, but I did do a 13K day last year and have done 10K or more on at least 3 of my 6 previous attempts/wins. I know I can get there. I still have plenty of time. At least I finally reached the "halfway" point ;)

The most I've done is a 10K day...and I absolutely hate my novel. I think if I even attempt this, I'll have to start a new novel. X_X Oh well, 50,000 words is 50,000 words...

I really want to win, but my plot is slowing down, and I still have about 20,000 more words to finish >.< But luckily for me, the 30th is the strike day, so I get a day off school. hopefully I will get my novel finished then.

I love this thread!! I feel like everywhere I look is just people winning, and I feel so frustrated that it seems like I cannot finish. But I'm actually considering having a day off on Wednesday to use all Tuesday night - and all of Wednesday - to finish. But do you guys know if people have problems validating on the 30th? Because I've heard people say that you should finish as quickly as you can, and I don't want _website issues_ to be the reason for me not winning.

And last - good luck, everybody, and I'll see you on the #LMP hashtag :D

I've been pushing 5k a day since Thursday, I think I can finish, I KNOW I can finish it!

In twenty minutes I can fairly consitently write 1000 words, but then I need ten minutes off to refresh the creative part of my brain and warm up my fingers because typing makes my fingers cold.

I didn't jump ahead as much as I wanted, but given the other activities today and a slight procrastination -- OK, maybe a bigger procrastination -- I had only 2,678 words, but it put me over the 41K, and that is feeling more like I'm going to get to that magic 50K.

I'm ready to plow back in soon, and I wish everyone the energy and drive to get this thing won in the remaining hours.

Woohoo! Had a 5K day yesterday, wrote more on the train, but these are BUSY days (I'm working from 9 AM to 8 PM) I'm holding myself to a minimum of 3K today and tomorrow, and the rest Wednesday.

Cross your crossables, ladies and gents!

I'm at 38,485 words so now only 11,515 words to go. Assuming I write about 1000 words per hour (actually I write more than that but I'm giving myself a little leeway) that's only eleven and a half hours of writing left.

My last minute push plan is as follows:
Today: 2pm-6pm, 7pm-8:30pm (+ 5515 words= 44000)
Tomorrow: 7am-8am, 1pm-2pm, 7pm-8pm (+3000 words=47000)
Wednesday: 7am-8am, 1pm-2pm, 7pm-8pm (+3000 words=50,000 )

I'm actually hoping to exceed those targets, but we shall see. It is possible and I'm going to go for it!