Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:28:24 -0500

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!

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Annabelle — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:58:24 -0500

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

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Hemlock_key — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:10:37 -0500

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.

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mccarmel7 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:21:17 -0500

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

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NightWings — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:27:34 -0500

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...)

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YkittyH — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:35:12 -0500

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!

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gradyp — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:08:16 -0500

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

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Papa Poe — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:31:05 -0500

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!

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misty call — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:13:30 -0500

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.

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dianne_the_geek — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:36:38 -0500

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.

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Mayreau — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:20:58 -0500

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

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gradyp — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:08:46 -0500

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 ;)

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beckyadele — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:39:53 -0500

I went away for the week so have only done about 200 words in the last week! Still got 25k to go! D: I'm so determined to finish but have definitely got that "It aint gonna happen" cloud hanging over me :( Gah! x

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Axael — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:13:17 -0500

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...

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XSerenityX — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:17:00 -0500

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.

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reginelb — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:21:40 -0500

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

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Stidyr — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:44:13 -0500

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

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dianne_the_geek — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:45:59 -0500

Some people are having problems validating this year and there are always word count discrepancies between word processors and NaNo's count. The good news is that you can test the validator now no matter how many words you have and make sure nothing wonky is going to happen. Find it under "Edit Novel Info" and in red letters choose "I'm ready to validate my novel." Copy and paste your whole novel into the box that pops up and hit submit to see how many words NaNo thinks you have.

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kittywizard3 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:29:36 -0500

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.

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XSerenityX — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:58:26 -0500

Okay, since I posted that I have wrote a good 3k. And I don't have any Latin tommorow, so thats another hour and a half I've got to write!

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misty call — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:59:45 -0500

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.

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amidst-reality — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:26:28 -0500

Exactly the same deal, WE CAN DO IT.

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fruslug — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:40:33 -0500

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!

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phoenixlife — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:08:13 -0500

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!

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originalgradk — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:34:37 -0500

Checking in. I am trying to write between 7,500 and 8000 words today to reduce average to get finished. *Writing for the hell of it*

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larri2005 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:21:37 -0500

I started today with 12,000 words to go. I can set a timer for 20 minutes and get an average of 1000 words in that time. It's all free association and I have a lot of typos to clean up afterward. But...I am positive I can get 6000 words today and 6000 words tomorrow and not have to worry about Wednesday. I'm not saying those 12,000 words will make a good story. I'm not saying the whole 50,000 words will make a good story. But NaNo is for getting it down and if I can save the story later in edits.

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sarah_linn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:21:43 -0500

When I won NANOWRIMO four years ago (the only time I won), I finished it in about 14 days. So, knowing that I'm only about 12k behind doesn't sound so bad with three days left. I think the most I wrote in a day that year was about 7k. I plan on sitting down to write multiple times today and not stopping until I write at least 1k a session. Good luck everyone! I would love to see some winners on this thread soon. Sarah

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Marie64 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:22:17 -0500

I have 6500 left, and am really going to go for it tonight and tomorrow... watch this space. Good luck everyone!!

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originalgradk — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:27:38 -0500

Checking in 30,000 words limit breached but need to reduce my average words needed per day to catch up.

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leolewis — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:49:07 -0500

You can do it, guys! I'm trying to push to 100k, but don't know if I'll make it. Gonna do nothing but write tonight, with short breaks.

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cass-a-baron — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:58:47 -0500

Any advice for people with < 1000 words DX i have 459 words DX

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Samantha Wolfe — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:15:04 -0500

Er...... next year? Don't worry, I'm not winning this year. My advice? Do the novel whenever you get a chance. For me, November tends to be the busiest month of the year, and so my novel lacks. My goal is to write the story when I actually have a wee bit of time on my hands. Still in one month, but in a different month.... like March. March is an easy month. Or the summer. Either way, still try to get a novel done in a month, but don't feel like it *has* to be November. NaNoWriMo is more like guidelines than actual rules.

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JimmyDeTarer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:08:20 -0500

I lost a week because of starting at a full time job, but I got going at 4k per day over the weekend working more-or-less flat out (yes, yes, I'm slow :P). If I can continue at 4k a day over these last three days, I can do it. And I start today's words...NOW. Now. ... Now. Any second now. :( Writing is hard.

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leolewis — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:17:54 -0500

Consider yourself awesome for having at least tried. That's 459 words more than you would have written without NaNo, so huzzah!

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Kaliani — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:18:18 -0500

I have written 48000 something words and I am so happy. I am hoping to make it 50k by the deadline:-)

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Photofreak — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:19:24 -0500

I'm so behind, but I'm determined to win again this year! 30,000 words and counting wrote down of my story: bring on the last few days rush to finish.

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The Hobbit's Rhapsody — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:56 -0500

I had a whole weekend of no opportunities to write in the middle of the month and have ben scrambling to catch up ever since. I've always been a slow writer when it comes to fiction (maybe 600 words a day) so writing even 1700 words in a day, plus the catchup I am now doing, is a massive challenge for me. I have plot material for once; it's just a matter of getting it out on paper (or word processor, as it were). I'll be in classes from noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow, so today is going to be my last day of hurricane writing. I've had my eye on NanoWriMo for a few years now, and it's turned out to be a blast.

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babwryter — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:45:05 -0500

I'm struggling like crazy. I'm at a bit more than 28 thousand and I need to try to push it like crazy. Hoping to make it.

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Towim — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:45:27 -0500

This month has been insane for me as well, but I am happy to say I finally pushed it on through and made it. I had such a dip in creativity about half way through the month that I nearly gave up in tears. This isn't the 75k I had started out wanting to achieve, but I met another goal as well as stubbornly pursued several dreams. Keep going folks! I think I will use the last couple days trying for my original goal. This thread made me realize it is not quitting time yet.

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sablize — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:57:07 -0500

I know how you feel, I started over at day 5 with a new idea and, along with a lot of procrastination, it killed me. I haven't been on par since about day 2. But hey, with a lot of word sprints, we can do this(:

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AngelWriter — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:38 -0500

I am there with you!!!!!!!

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sablize — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:15 -0500

I am slowly starting to catch up... I'm trying to write a lot today so I don't have to do as much tomorrow and Wednesday, as school nights are particularly bad for me procrastination wise. But I'm determined to do this. And if that means skipping school or staying up until 3 in the morning, then, goddamnit, I'll do it.

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linkin73 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:05:14 -0500

I have 23k words to catch up on, starting when i get back from work on Tuesday morning i hope to get alot of that done across the day and night then catch up what's left on Wednesday before midnight comes around and the doors of NaNoWriMo slam shut.

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easdannsair — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:11:12 -0500

i've been 10k behind since day 19.. today I'm at 41k so only 9k... wrote 5k then 4 k aiming for 3k today :)

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phoenixlife — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:11:16 -0500

Just broke 43,000 words. Only 7000 to go now. Hoping to get as much as possible done tonight even if I have to stay up really late as I want to make it easy for myself tomorrow and Wednesday. Good luck everyone. We're all in this together and remember that if you want it enough you can do it!

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WestWinds — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:15:26 -0500

Everyone, don't forget to check NANOWRIMO's word counter! It might be different than the one you're using. You don't want to plan on a certain number of words when you really need a lot more (I think someone said they lost more than 1000... Personally, I think I only lost about 100). Good luck to you all!

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lydsquid — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:15:32 -0500

I'm not sure if I'll be able to catch up enough to win, but I'm really going to try!

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panicxpandemic — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:27:54 -0500

I have to write 10,000 a day to finish o_o;

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icedemon2020 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:36:04 -0500

i am currently at 23559 words so far. I hope to get at least another 1-2K words before the end of the hour and by the end of today at least 30K words so that means i need to write at least 6.5K words before the end of today

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MasterThief — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:37:13 -0500

I did 10,000 today. 5,000-6,000 more? It is mostly stream-of-consciousness crap, though. :(

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gradyp — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:37:15 -0500

I"m seeing people with all sorts of word counts popping in here. The most important thing to remember is to NOT GIVE UP! JUST KEEP WRITING, and you can join the winner's circle too! Haven't gotten as much done today as I intended, but I will still make it! See you at the finish line! (Oh, and if you reach 50K before Wednesday, but you haven't finished the book.. Keep searching for those 2 magic words!)

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A.M.V.Author — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:38:33 -0500

good luck also gradyp! This is good, solid, inspirational logic. Thank you, I am only at 16K, but now I have more hope that I'll finish.

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A.M.V.Author — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:39:00 -0500

same here

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spinners_grove — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:39:24 -0500

The problem is that I know my story is going to end before 50K, so that might have been why I lost steam. So instead my goal is just to finish the story, and then at least I'll feel like a winner!

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Lilwmfl04 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:43:25 -0500

I am way far behind and also have the 'it ain't happening' this year' cloud hanging over my head. However, this being my first one, I'd say I'm not doing so bad!! Let's go!!

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WhistlePocky — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:44:01 -0500

Love how LMP are my initials!

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OxymoronicEpilogue — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:53:23 -0500

I'm at like 38k now, so I have like 12k to go. If I can do 1000 words per hour I should be able to make it in the next three days! :D

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CrystalBase — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:59:49 -0500

I'm pushing for 10,000 today, despite my current average per day being around 6,200 to get done on time, My primary goal is to reach the 50,000. Now for my bigger dillema, the novel won't nearly be done by then. I'm guessing it will be a revision and another 10-20K words before I even feel like the story has rounded out. We'll see what happens after I do the post mortem analysis to see how much needs to go and how much needs to stay in order to build a cohesive and intelligent story.

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Kelly The Red — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:01:56 -0500

I just did the math, and I am so sure I can do it, I just ordered my Winners Circle shirt. Ready, Set GO!

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Hemlock_key — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:21:13 -0500

I was great--until today. Put a half inch staple through my left fore finger (air powered) and can only type with one and...

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Cokkii — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:51:56 -0500

I spent the holiday weekend slacking off and now I am determined to spend all of my free time catching up so I don't have to over burden myself these last few days. I have finals to worry about too and I don't want to burn myself out.

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C.S. Winters — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:58:50 -0500

20k to go. I have work in the next few days and class, so I am chewing my finger nails. I am expecting a long night of writing tonight and more writing in the next few days. I'm determined to finish though!

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thegrouch314 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:11:22 -0500

I decided to do my entire novel in a week, so that's 7000 words per day, which i did for the first day. I'm now only at 34,000 having written almost 8K today Luckily I have wednesday off because of the stike, which gives me 17 hours of writing time, which should hake up for the 2.5 hours i have tomorrow

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uncreativecarly — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:15:17 -0500

GO EVERYONE! YOU GUYS CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE! <3

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larri2005 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:28:49 -0500

No worries. My novel is mostly stream of consciousness crap, too. All my NaNos end up like that. It's easier for me to get the wordage that way. I can edit, edit, edit later. :-)

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Daylight_ — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:30:16 -0500

I HAVE to do this, or else I will never be able to forgive myself. I have a feeling I will make it, but I can't be 100% sure.

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larri2005 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:31:36 -0500

I got more than 7000 words in today. The day's not over, but I need to do other stuff. 5000 more tomorrow and then I can coast on Wednesday! (I just do not trust the site to hold up if I wait until the last minute. Too many people desperately trying to validate at once. :-( )

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MishMoze — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:40:22 -0500

See, I have a self-set goal of 75k this year. 8k a day plus change is what I need. #LMP indeed~ Of course, back story greatly helps word count....we'll see!

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cmh05u — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:40:35 -0500

Went away to Berlin for almost a week, and that's on top of being behind all month long. Today I wrote 11K but still need to do a good 8K tomorrow and the next day to make it. Bleh, deadlines...

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cass-a-baron — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:53:57 -0500

NO you don't understand I have been trying to write this book for 3 going on 4 years now adn each year by November I want to have it finished so i canlook for a publisher and this is what always happens T-T

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Erisofdiscordia — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:54:39 -0500

I'm cringing as I write at this point. Some of it is so terrible. I still like my story, but it needs a serious overhaul. I can understand the new novel altogether thing, though.

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blairezie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:07:57 -0500

ugh. 20k words in three days seems impossible. But when you thnik of it in hours... I can probably find twenty hours to waste in two days. And write three essays. And study for the SAT2s. And finish my gingerbread house before the contest. Now if only I could stop wasting time online, I could get all that done.

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jdietzel-glair — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:10:03 -0500

I work best under pressure and this is my first Nano. I am determined to finish but only have 24K right now. I do great for a while and the lose all ideas. Feel free to send crazy plot twists my way.

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Nessabutterfly — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:16:51 -0500

I need 5000ish a day to finish. Oh dear. I wrote 6000 yesterday, but 4000 of that was on paper, so I'm using some of my time today to type it up. And I'm falling asleep. Need a nap! I started out so well too... I was WAAY ahead, but my estimate of how long I would need to recover from major surgery was pitifully low. Now I'm trying to make a final push. We'll see. Even if I don't finish, I'll be very close!

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Neve — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:26:09 -0500

I'm going to win! Good luck to everyone else who hasn't reached the goal yet either!

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MaggieSticker — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:35:32 -0500

I need over 10k by the end of the day ... I think I can manage, but I also need to write a term paper and work on an art project... and sleep so I can wake up early to workout. I still think I can manage. Go team!

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YellowTypingFiend — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:36:36 -0500

I'm going for it!!! ::cranking up the writing music::

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johnsovl — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:36:53 -0500

I started 4 days behind and now I'm way behind. If I write 1000 words per hour, I need about 24 hours, and I still have to have time to eat and sleep and go to work. I don't know if I'll make it. The highest word count in one day I got was about 5000, but I need about 8000 a day. I'm sure going to try...

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LadyCourage — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:59:36 -0500

I'm with y'all! Way behind and struggling to catch up, being also a very slow typist. Last minute winners FTW!

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Paul Hiscock — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:04:30 -0500

Almost exactly two thirds left with 48 hours to go. Probably impossible, but on the other hand who really needs sleep? :)

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Paul Hiscock — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:11:29 -0500

Coffee time again.

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Oddyssey — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:14:02 -0500

I've written 3938 so far today. It's been hard to get any in with a 15 month old running around and driving me nuts by getting into everything! I've still got 22707 to go, but I'm determined to get it done! I figure I can try to pull some all nighters while he's sleeping. I'm going to be so exhausted, but it'll be worth it!

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Joti — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:22:50 -0500

I'm in, y'all! Wanted to hit 40k today (started at 27,5k this morning), do 5k tomorrow and then another 5k the day after. I'm writing a bit slower than I hoped (need to do some research every once in a while, which tends to slow me down), but I'm confident that I'll make it. I'm going to try not to sleep before i hit 40k, though I'm already kind of sleep deprived and I've got school tomorrow... Good luck to everybody who's doing that LMP with everybody else in this thread.

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E.Davis.Brown — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:25:58 -0500

If I didn't have a paper due tomorrow and a take-home exam due on the first... Still gonna attempt it though! I might just need to pull a couple all-nighters in a row, and crash as soon as I hand in my exam on Thursday... That should be interesting, considering I've never managed to successfully pull off an all-nighter. Would also help if my novel didn't hit a brick wall today...

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Mithgariel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:30:15 -0500

My tip: make it small goals at a time. For example, I'm writing in yEdit, which allows me to set how many words I want to write, so I insert the number of words I currently have, and there's a little option with "add 250 more to goal", "add 500 words to goal". If I do that, I will soon be seeing a minus in front of my goal, and that's a great encouragement, because in 250 word chunks, it just seems easier. Big numbers scare the hell out of me (as did my math teacher *shudders*) Small, easily achievable goals, and before you even notice, you'll have written at least a couple of thousand extra words you did not even plan. So if your brain works like mine, this might just be the path to take :)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

wowkala — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:31:31 -0500

You can do it guys! Woo! I have about 2k left, pushing to finish tonight

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

S. Kelly Wayne — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:32:09 -0500

Check out Camp NANO they have two sessions in the summer, July and August. Just an alternative to November. If I didn't have an entire week off during November I couldn't do this either.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

S. Kelly Wayne — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:39:27 -0500

That makes it a Literary novel, not to be confused with the literary novels (please note the lower case l). Now on the other hand there are genre novels that can include humorous and extremely long segues into decriptions of moldy cheese and fantasy inducing brownies that caused the power hungry moguls to try and take over the world and corner the moldy cheese and divine brownie market for themselves...hold on that wasn't humor it was mystery/thriller/adventure...what the heck its all words. Now if I would just stay off the forums maybe I would get to the end, but their so addicting. 8)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Megan M. — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:47:42 -0500

I got behind during Thanksgiving, but I'm almost caught up! I think the best thing to do is set multiple small goals, like write 500 words in one session. I like to reward myself when I reach my goals (like surfing the web or listening to my favorite songs for inspiration), which helps me push through when writing tougher scenes or stuck with writer's block. Another thing that helps me is to skip writing the boring scenes and jump ahead to the fun stuff. It's amazing when you get lost in the story and realize later that you wrote 1500 words in less than an hour. Good luck to you all, and don't give up now! You can all do it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

CyraEm — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:51:01 -0500

I have 29 hours not dedicated to sleep, work, or transit. I can handwrite in transit but I'm not counting that so that I can have at least a small margin for error. 29 hours to write 24,000 as of 11 this morning.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

YellowTypingFiend — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:05:46 -0500

Wow that went somewhere else. About two minutes after I my enthusiastic message on this list, I got a work phone call to deal with for the last few hours. :) Such is life Guess I'll be pulling a late-nighter tonight!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Nessabutterfly — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:08:21 -0500

STILL just typing yesterday's stuff 2 hours later. FRUSTRATING!!)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

C. Rae Moon — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:19:31 -0500

I tried to get caught up last week after being sick and a familiy crisis, but it didn't happen. I got burned out and had to take a break. Not to be a downer, but my limit is 4,000-5,000 words a day, however, I'm still working on my novel, and I'm determined to finish it even after Nanowrimo's over. So while I may not finish on time, I was finally able to give myself that kick in the pants to finish. So onward to the end! Whether we make 50,000 or not, let's all be a success. And thank you to everyone else posting words of encouragement. It's really appreciated.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

anaryl — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:31:29 -0500

I'm really struggling to maintain focus, on a good day I can write about 11k words, but the urge to procrastinate is always ever present. Doesn't help there's a cute girl online. Ach!!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

pink_cherry — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:33:07 -0500

As of this post I still have 21k to go before I can have a shiny purple Winner's bar. I thankfully have tomorrow off, it's currently 1.30am in the UK and I want another 2k before I sleep. I can leave 2-3k for Wednesday, but I don't finish work til 7pm so I need to write 14k tomorrow. I know it can be done, I just have to turn on Freedom and writeordie like mad ALL day and not procrastinate. Good luck to everyone! (with my late nights, I'm alternating coffee/tea with juice/squash and hot/cold mini meals about every hour to keep me as awake as possible. It's working pretty well so far, much better than trying to get all the coffee in the world to do anything bar make me fall asleep)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

forever_unwritten — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:35:56 -0500

No way am I going to finish, but good luck everyone!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

babwryter — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:37:40 -0500

Well, I wrote almost 13,000 words today! :) What helped was doing the NaNoSprints on Twitter. So, I'm at almost 36,000 tonight and now see the possibility of finishing at 50 thou when I thought it was impossible. :)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

jljenkins — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:55:07 -0500

I'm pushing, but even if I dont make it I'm glad to have done what I have done. I also know I could have finished if not for a couple of things. I will push on and try. -good luck with the last minute disconnecting from family and friends!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:07:49 -0500

Actually, I do understand. Out of seven NaNos, I'm about to win only my second. The difference: For my two wins, I did as I was told and tried a new project, not the one that's been bugging me for twenty years. I'd suggest two things to unblock your writing: First, forget about publication in the short turn. Write for fun. If you can't write for fun, I'd say you shouldn't be writing. Second, start something new. Even now, at the end of NaNo. Go into the dares thread. The adopt-a-plot thread. Any of those may jog your muse free of the chains you've put around it, and get you writing. Forget this book, at least for now. Definitely forget about publication until you've managed to write a book or two just for fun. Writing a book is something you learn to do by writing a book. Very few authors have their first books published, and most of those who do eventually get them published probably shouldn't have indulged themselves. I've been where you are -- I was there for almost twenty years. I wrote diddly squat in those twenty years. It was only when I decided to start new projects, and to write for fun, that the words actually started coming out. And as for me, at the beginning of the month I made one promise to myself: That every day, no matter what, I would write at least fifteen minutes per day. I kept my promise, and even though I behind for most of the month (I only caught up yesterday), I was never so far behind that I despaired of ever winning. Anyone can do fifteen minutes per day, by hand, smoke signal, on computer, whatever. I've had an insane month, with two concerts, four orchestra rehearsals plus two dress rehearsals, on the planning teams for two huge church events, preaching two Sundays, minor surgery -- and all that's in addition to my regular schedule! Fifteen minutes at a time, and I breezed through the month. And when November's over, I'm going to keep going, writing at least fifteen minutes per day. Friends of mine who make a living writing novels tell me that's the single most important habit they've developed, the one and only reason they can make their living doing what they do. I know we've only got a couple of days left, but you won't add words to your novel by moaning and groaning that no-one understands, and you won't add words to your novel sorting your CDs and trying to choose the right mood music, and you won't add words to your novel by talking about what's going to happen next. You add words to your novel by sitting down and typing words, fifteen or thirty minutes at a time. Go you!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

alabelle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:09:49 -0500

I need this thread so badly! Gonna do it though. :)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:10:02 -0500

Hey! If you had major surgery this month and have still written over 36k, that's a major win in my books! Go you!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:13:59 -0500

Go you! That's the way to do it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

misshapen_joy — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:29:28 -0500

I just wrote over 7000 words in the last 8 hours... my wrists, neck, hips and fingers are sore. i'm hungry and too tired to leave this chair.. but it's doable... i changed the bg color twice so my eyes are actually doing okay... so stop feeling trapped and start writing bitches...

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

sheabutter33 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:29:46 -0500

This is very true! I was definitely on a Last Minute Push this holiday weekend! I started out the weekend 19,000 words behind! Now i'm a whole 20 words ahead! Honestly, guys, if you really want to do it, do it. It's rough, I know, but this guy is right. You just got to do it! It helped me just to add fun twists in here and there to keep yourself interested. If you're bored with your novel, change it! It works! (It also helps if you make things extra wordy... wink wink)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

creatureteacher — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:31:10 -0500

You can do it! Keep it up!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

thoude — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:39:44 -0500

OW! Good luck and take care of that hand. What you need is a friend who is good at typing and taking dictation.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

charbaby — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:50:02 -0500

Greetings fellow slackers - There are two things that can save us now: The Traveling Shovel of Death and Write of Die. http://writeordie.com/ For those who are stuck. Pick up that shovel and kill your favorite character.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Natalia173 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:59:27 -0500

I missed an entire week and was 10K behind. XD It was brutal, but I caught up by writing one 4K day and another 5K day. Now I'm only 1050 away, which I should finish up tomorrow!!! Anything is possible and good luck to everyone!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

CrystalBase — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:22:51 -0500

I agree. I had a preconceived concept, but I really didn't have a set plot. I wrote for fun, and plan to revise it into submission for publication, rather than trying to tie myself down with too many restrictions. That has made all the difference. I imagine I might modify my tactics the next time, but fewer restrictions definitely aid in construction.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

WriterGirl11 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:21:46 -0500

Hey guess what: the great thing about NaNo is that it just gets you writing. If you have to totally revise it all-who cares? You'll still have written a novel, and after that it's all down hill! Good luck, everyone!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Fariyah Chowdhury — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:25:50 -0500

I'm slowly catching up and plan to write all day tomorrow and on wednesday!! We can do it!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Yla44 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:27:27 -0500

I wrote over 5000 words today so I'm doing good!!!! I still have to write more than 2000 words tomarow and the next day to win!!! but I can do it!!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Dreamer Scythia — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:28:08 -0500

we can do it, i only had 35000 two days ago, in two days i could wrote 10000, so i really hope to finish my novel tomorrow, one day to win. we have to be relax, pray and let the feelings and the inspiration flow out of our body. Good luck!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

oerin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:32:07 -0500

Did NOT think I could do 3K tonight, but met my goal and now only 8K to the finish! Somehow I believe my best writing is yet to come with the LMP :)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Paul Hiscock — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:35:30 -0500

Thanks. The night has not gone too badly and I'm still typing away. The 20K hurdle felt like a giant achievement. The next plan is to try and make it to the halfway mark before I get a bit of sleep.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

movingstories — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:53:35 -0500

whoa-just saw the whole thing about validating and it freaked me out a bit. I am in no way going to let this thing go into the atmosphere--but I'm pushing for the 50k. need to look into the validating thang. thanks.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

brights and darks. — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:12:31 -0500

You can get down to business and defeat the Huns! NaNo will make a man (or woman) out of you. xD

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:19:15 -0500

the nano validator is actually showing 20 words more than my word document lol..I'm going to write as much as I can tonight and then if i can hit anywhere near 40k I can finish off the rest of it writing whole day tuesday and wednesday :) Best of luck everyone!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

sarz83 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:31:17 -0500

I only have 5000 left to write which should be completely managable in these last two days (in theory). I want to try and get to 48000 today so I'm not freaking out tomorrow.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

morgo7kc — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:39:19 -0500

Woohoo! I'm not the only person seriously behind and still trudging on!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

bleyswriter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:39:33 -0500

Thanks for the encouraging words. I've still got 19000 words to go, and today was my last big block of time. But I'm going to keep on, I have been known to get as much as 1500 an hour, so that's not outside the realm of reality. Really.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Raydear — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:54:33 -0500

I world have to do near 15000 word days to finish on time. I somehow do not think that is going to happen considering life and school and a need to sleep (to avoid being killd by my science teacher) but I can try. This is going to suck and I will probaby hate 321 for the rest of my life. Oh well.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

E.M. Jeanmougin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:03:48 -0500

Wrote like 8000+ words today, catching up and then surpassing the daily average point on the chart. Now I'm down into the triple digits for words needed. I was actually ready to give up a couple days ago but today I just pushed through it and am most excited with the results.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

deppfreako — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:24:24 -0500

I'm also trudging! I'm actually starting to get more and more motivated! We can do it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

musicislife15 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:32:32 -0500

I started out thinking I was so ahead I was I had days, I wanted to be done by thanksgiving and then the day after came and the day after and STILL NOT DONE...sighh wriitng like crazy, staying up all night I want to be done and relaz take a chill pill then edit like in a month or so....Ok...I...CAN...DO...THIS!!!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Intricatelysweet — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:39:24 -0500

It is in the wee hours in the a.m and I am still typing away. Not going to lie I am watching Seinfeld as well but sometimes I need some background noise. Tomorrow and Wednesday I am going to hibernate and get this done!! Will be checking in sometime tomorrow. I am glad I am not the only one so far behind :( Good luck to everyone!!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

hutchi285 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:51:52 -0500

I just hit 15001 words (yes I know I am miles behind) Just be happy with what you achieve, something is better than nothing. Besides there is always next year :) Now get off the forums and get writing!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

BlackLamp — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:14:49 -0500

Good luck everyone who is playing catch up out there. It is those insurmountable odds that are the most impressive to face.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

E.M. Jeanmougin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:15:35 -0500

Successfully caught up and won before the deadline. :3 I found that the pressure of knowing I was behind combined with the pressure of knowing that I had work the next two days and wouldn't have time to write gave me a great deal of motivation to get all 9000 words done on my one day off. Good luck you guys. You're doing great. Don't give up. You still have plenty of time!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

artista — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:30:25 -0500

I've been catching up too and to my astonishment yesterday I managed over 6.5k words, so now my goal is within reach again! As a first timer, I can recommend participating. It's not only fun, it's addictive.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ignis_Fatuus — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:08:09 -0500

What a motivating thread. I'm banging away trying to catch up. Insanity, don't fail me now...

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

YellowTypingFiend — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:15:47 -0500

I love Ignis' line "insanity don't fail me now..." :) I just broke 35K at 3 a.m. on the west coast Got 2 whole days ahead of and hopefully not too much day-job work. The dream is still alive

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

originalgradk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:47:10 -0500

I was exhausted at 3,500 words. I had intended to write another installment bringing me up to 8000 words. Now it is 10,000 words a day to do, 20,000 words all told with a surplus. I don't know if I will be able to cope. NB Nanowrimo has been my 'Writing ' [Fiction] period. I really ought to write Short Stories throughout the Year to get myself used to the genre.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Paul Hiscock — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:55:08 -0500

If you don't like the the idea of letting your novel loose on the internet, even for a moment, you can always scramble it first. There are instructions on how at http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/faq/how-nanowrimo-works. I haven't tried it myself (still a long way off being ready to validate).

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Journi18801 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:58:43 -0500

I'm almost at the 25K with only today and tomorrow left to go and I have to work too many hours on both days and get ready for an interview on Thursday morning. Everyone's posts are encouraging me - I'm not going to give up. It aint over until 11:59:59 on Wednesday!!! :D

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:13:16 -0500

I went back at it late last night and... Lost all the words I'd written. :( It was only something like 1400 though, and it probably helped me to get a good night's sleep, because if I'd add them, I would have kept going past midnight. As it is, I'm up and ready to write. As soon as my son's safely at work, I'm going for the win! Congrats to those who have made big strides at catching up in the last two days! You rock!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:14:58 -0500

You said it, Joy! Congrats on your win.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ruth Cooke — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:17:01 -0500

If Write or Die isn't doing it for you, try kittens! Written? Kitten! (@ writtenkitten.net) was a joy to work with--using Firefox or Chrome, it will even save your words for you if it's shut down unexpectedly. Just don't do what I did, and delete instead of cut! :(

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Burlew — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:23:11 -0500

I was ahead before the weekend, but then I haven't written more than three hundred words in four days. But 4k a day is quite doable, so I'm not too concerned...if I can stop procrastinating and actually do it.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Simplistic_Paranoia — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:35:28 -0500

That definitely inspires me :) thanks for sharing

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

SilentOppressor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:39:23 -0500

Just breached 31K yesterday, but I told myself on Sunday if I really put my mind to it, the universe would find a way to let me finish it. Today, my dad has school-Extra 6-8 hours to work on Nano Tomorrow, practice is cancelled, extra 6-8 hours on Nano So just put your mind to it and you can get it done.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

artista — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:49:14 -0500

I did it. I had to play 'catch-up' over the last few days to get within reach. The most I wrote in any one day was 6.5+K. I am amazed that I could write that many words. Previously, the longest story I have ever written was about 3K. I really did not know if I could do it. The trick for me was that I got so involved in my characters and what they were up to that the words flew onto the pages. Keep going guys - if little me can do it, I just know you can too!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

BetsyBlackbird — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:30:04 -0500

I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can..... I think I can!!!!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Junk Box 99 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:40:42 -0500

I bid all the other late runners good luck! My writing excuses: 1. I didn't take the novelizing seriously this year - I came for the forums. ;-) Next year, I might do a word count of my forum posts! 2. Got too many irons in the fire - singing with TWO choirs for Christmas concerts, family, sorting out my health insurance (apparently my policy didn't meet the new US Govt. mandates, [REDACTED] Congress!) and health issues (my carpal tunnel is acting up, had hell from it last December.) 3. Tried to write during a Thanksgiving trip, but thfe roadsea wweere trtoo dangth bumnpy !

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

fruslug — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:43:13 -0500

You can, you can! Go go go!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Life-is-worth-living — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:31:13 -0500

I was pretty behind but I wrote for 5 or 6 hours yesterday. I know that doesn't seem like much to others, but it felt like a long time for me, with schoolwork and all that. I got 11,000 words written, and I was on *fire.* It felt incredible, to just be writing my heart out! To all those who may have given up just a bit: don't! You can do it.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Shelbino98 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:08:03 -0500

I am sick today, so I am just going to pound out the approx. 6 000 words I need to finish. YEAH BUDDY! Then, when I am done, I will go into a vegetative state and hibernate for about a month... or work on the other novel that i kind of left hanging for the month of November! (That's after the "I finished" party, of course)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

AuntySocialite — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:10:13 -0500

You guys can do it... got everything crossed for you

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Nessabutterfly — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:15:03 -0500

Got in 15,000 words in 3 days... just under 10,000 to go. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

asmodea — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:06:44 -0500

Ahh.... At 4749... :'D I don't think I'm going to win this year, but NaNoWriMo has really improved my writing by a lot. Really. My goal will be to get to at least 30k by the end! Charge~

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Hemlock_key — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:17:06 -0500

Now there's a thought!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Alycialouise — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:35:02 -0500

I've got a little over 26,000 to go, I did 5k last night after work, and today I have off and hope to get close to 10k done, and crossing my fingers that I can do the rest on Wednesday. First time doing NaNo so even if I get close to winning I'll still be (kinda) happy. hehe good luck everyone! we can do it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

katarina.rogue — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:06:12 -0500

...I don't go back to work till 5 pm tomorrow. In it to win it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

James203 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:10:35 -0500

Hey, I stapled my fingers together a couple of years ago! It wasn't during NaNo...but I feel your pain. Both metaphorically and literally.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Squeebers42 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:15:39 -0500

I was finishing up my student teaching throughout most of November, and then Thanksgiving came and I was on pie-making duty, and very little writing got done... 31772 words as of this moment. Let's make this happen!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

JimmyDeTarer — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:24:17 -0500

Well done artista. Only 8k to go here, and two days (ish) to do it in. Gonna try for a 6k day today.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

daniLynne — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:42:16 -0500

I'm going to try my little heart out... So far behind but I just did the math as I got ready for school I only have 6 hours to write today because of class. But I have almost all of tomorrow. I know it sounds crazy...but I might go for it. 35964 words left/23 hrs to write= 1566 words per hour/60= 26 words a minute. I type about 45 words a minute but I can get up to 55 words if I don't go back to correct mistakes (so hard!) I think I can still do this! My math says if I can type 45 words a minute I'll only need 13 hours to finish. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can! Here's to not procrastinating next year!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

WastedVengeance — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:05:27 -0500

I have about 48000 so I'm definitely going to make it, but I am currently in a month long word war with a friend. She's at least 7000 word ahead of me. I doubt that I'll be sleeping until this is all over. -_-

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

WastedVengeance — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:08:06 -0500

That made my day. Just listened to the song from Mulan and I now feel like writing a lot! XD

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

rtrjuanab — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:09:51 -0500

awesome graphic i'm inspired to type more bless you! GET WELL SOON! (LIke before the deadline!) (smiley face)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

ImmortalEcstasy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:12:41 -0500

I did think I could finish, and still think I can. but my laptop had given up and so I won't be able to validate and I won't be able to continue chapters that need finishing as I can't remember where I'm up to! But still, I reckon I can get the extra 10K done just by writing more than I planned to for certain scenes. More phatic talk and modfiers.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

dragonbead — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:21:07 -0500

Thanks for the inspiration. Off to burn some typing calories!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

lilpaganfire — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:23:27 -0500

made the silly mistake of dating a new guy friend this month. Silly me. Still have 30,000 words to go -16 hours at work! guess I deserve it, every year I done it before this one, I accomplished my goal early, I was in need of a hard month. and yet, I'm in the forums hahaha. I might have to sleep on my keyboard tonight :-)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:31 -0500

I accidentally deleted off nearly 4,000 words off my novel but still catching up. I know I can do it and so can you all :) Good luck!!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

katarina.rogue — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:34:41 -0500

2462 words and counting! Going up, up, up! If I pull this off I am sleeping in for a week.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

reginelb — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:40:25 -0500

I totally forgot to reply to you, but THANK YOU, I didn't know that!! And it was a really nice surprise, the validator told me I had about 300 words MORE than Word said. No idea why, but I'm not complaining :) Good luck with the last 1 1/2 day! :)

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XSerenityX — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:45:14 -0500

Right! Going to attempt to get to 45k tonight, and do 5k tommorow (on the last day!!!) and try to get it finished. All of my friends think I can't get it finished, so I tol them I would, and I am a stubbon cow when it comes to proving people wrong at things. so I WILL do it. I WILL GET IT FINISHED!!!!

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sneaky_monkee — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:56:24 -0500

That's exactly where I am. I won the last two years and I am refusing to give up this year. All of these people keep telling me that it's okay if I don't win because I still got X-number thousand words written that I would not have done otherwise. This is true, but if I don't hit my 50k, I'm going to be pissed. Writing and writing and writing...

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ImmortalEcstasy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:13:03 -0500

Exactly the same with me! My friend (who has never won at Nano but has been trying to for a few years) finally convinced me to give it a go this year. and she stopped at 4K. She keeps telling me I won't do it and I'm determind to show her I can.

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ggTabaqui — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:49:10 -0500

You can do it! Go do word count wars and ideas if you feel stuck. Good luck to everyone!

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katarina.rogue — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:52:04 -0500

So I'm slowly creeping up with my "at this rate you will finish on" estimates. That's much more heartening than looking at my "words per day to finish on time" count. I'm finally slated to finish in 2012!

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Aleine the Sunshine Girl — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:01:47 -0500

Oh Goddess, I have almost 9k words left ._.

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Tassel — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:29 -0500

34k, 30 hours. o_o

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imcbain — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:17:19 -0500

I have 7500 words to go! Tomorrow at midnight? Here I come!

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katarina.rogue — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:22:56 -0500

You can do it! We both can!! Keep it up!

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ajhuff01 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:24:35 -0500

12104 to go! I need about 12 hours of writing time- what with work and sleep that's about 6 hours tonight and another 6 tomorrow. Surely I can do this!

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awake2717 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:31:33 -0500

JUST WRITE! I really don't want to be a Debby downer but just write and write and the point is you have the beginnings of a GREAT novel:) good luck and just do as much as you can in the next 96 hours...you know unless you write like 1,000 words every hlf hour or so. :)

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Sassysheldon — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:41:59 -0500

less than 24 hours and more than 17k words to go. Can I do it? Oh man I hope so!

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:47:20 -0500

we all can do it :D Way to go you all!! :D

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lauren_write — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:53:40 -0500

I've just had a 10k day! which means a 6k tomorrow to finish should be a piece of cake, I am so proud of myself, I've always wanted to do a 10k day and I've done it, I've really lived and breathed the novel today.

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:03:49 -0500

way to go Lauren!!

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:04:29 -0500

I have to do atleast 5k more today and already have done 5k so reaching for that 10k too!! then for tomorrow I will have less than 4k to submit :D

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Paul Hiscock — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:15:05 -0500

So in the closing minutes of Day 29 I have just missed my self-imposed target of 30,000 words :( I can't complain too much. I have almost doubled my word count in the last 24 hours. However, 20,000 words is going to be a steep target to reach in less than 24 hours, particularly with other commitments on my time. I hope my lunch meeting doesn't notice me yawning as there is no way that I have time for sleep between now and then. I can see that I am going to be a happy bundle of stress at the last ditch write in tomorrow night. Must stop writing words that aren't part of the count - next year I'm going to write about someone struggling to complete NaNo so that outbursts like this can be included. :)

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Alycialouise — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:15:09 -0500

Ive only done about 4k so far today, and my boyfriend told me to go shower (i haven't yet today, i'm still in my pj's and probably not looking the best), I told him i'm not doing anything else until i reach 10k and he just looked at me blankly and said "gross".... he doesn't understand how bad I want to finish! lol :) keep on typing guys! we can dooo eeeettt!

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Alycialouise — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:16:32 -0500

I like your thinking Paul :)

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deppfreako — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:17:26 -0500

Yes we can! And you're not gross, you're MOTIVATED!

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Joti — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:19:05 -0500

Rock on, people! I'mma try to crunch out another 4,2k tonight and 5k tomorrow... But first I've got to stack up on energy drinks again, just emptied my last can -_-" Wishing you all the bestest of luck <3

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SpaghettiFork — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:19:39 -0500

Hey guys, i don't know if anybody is reading this, but listen, you can do it. Yesterday i wrote a woppin' 11,000 words and that brought my average to 14,000 words i had to do per day to finish (i only have 2 days, like you). I know i can finish. I had 10,000 words on Sunday and there is nothing stopping me from the 50 grand. Do what i do, 1)forget about everything else and just write 2) wake up extra early before work/school to write 3)Just write once again 4)stop lurking around NaNoWriMo's website and get to writing! and if you are staying up until 4 o'clock tonight, i can promise you that you are not alone...

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AliceHarper — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:21:48 -0500

I only have 9,550! I'm gonna fail!

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Paul Hiscock — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:32:11 -0500

For anyone needing inspirational music, I firmly believe that http://youtu.be/HZEmxby8g8A should be the NaNoWriMo anthem. I think I have been though all the phases in this last month, although unfortunately the main one has been Charlie Brown mode. I'm currently in full on Lucy mode (27, 28, 29...)

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MIAteen16 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:35:44 -0500

Im only at 13,934 word and only tyed about 5,510

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:39:31 -0500

the last couple of thousands seems like the hardest!!

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qwerq33 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:53:22 -0500

that wat happened 2 me last year. i went away for two weeks with thanksgiving in the middle, and we were visiting friends on the east coast (that i had just moved to az from) and i did no writing during that...i lost that year...shockingly...XD

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NicoleLuna5972 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:11:12 -0500

i write 1,000 word plus every hour! i can totally win this year...its my first year too!

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Alice DeWall — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:11:57 -0500

I am determined to make it! I have about 16000 words left and I am really putting out my best effort to make it happen! Obsessively updating my word count makes me happy!

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cass-a-baron — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:13:50 -0500

Yeah . . . .You're probably I'm like slowest typer in my house XD I type like 10-20 words a minutes XD and I create word goals of like 2,000 words a day XDI set my expectations WAY too high I can barley accomplish typing for a 5 mins XD (it turns into a session of me sitting there for 2 hours that's the only way I got the word count I have think of what I could do if did that everyday XD) Yeah I'lll probably end up typing something new for fun to make myself sit down and write (something I have and Unbelieveably hard time doing O_o) Thanks though XD will take advice soon

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:14:02 -0500

This is my first year too and I started late, joind late too. Still I'm sure I can make it. If only I can put out 5k more words by midnight, it will be a breeze for me :)

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Dreamer Scythia — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:43:19 -0500

yes we can do it! 3000 more and i will reach it! i hope end tonight. this night we will do it! this is my first year and i don´t begin things without ending them. comme on!

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:48:03 -0500

you go dreamer!! hope I can fulfill by tonight too!!

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kab16 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:02:41 -0500

20,000 words by midnight tomorrow...i don't know if i can make it!

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:06:36 -0500

yes u can Kab, dont give up!! not now!!

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Paul Hiscock — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:47:15 -0500

Here it's already midnight tonight and 20,000 words seems very scary. Neither of us are going to give up though I'm sure. Just keep putting one word after another

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AzulaMoonWolf — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:55 -0500

This is my first year too and I started a couple days late. Right now I'm around 37,000 and need to get that fight back in me so I can finish the 13K I have left. I know we all can do it! Don't give up fellow WriMo's!!

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earthy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:14:10 -0500

Holy crap, I somehow managed to do 6,000+ words today and therefore might actually hit 50k tomorrow. GUYS. IT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE. KEEP GOING! \o/

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apokatastasis — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:21:45 -0500

Me winning NaNo this year seems positively ridiculous, but then I typed up all the stuff I'd written long hand over Thanksgiving (on the plane and such) and then I wrote a bunch and suddenly it's like, 20,000 words to the finish line, and 25 hours to do it in... and I'm thinking it might actually happen this year? IcantotallydoitnowaitnoIcan'tyesItotallycanIcandothisImustdothisIwilldothisIhaveto... *totallynotfreakingout* on a totally unrelated note... I'm sure you can do it, guys! Just keep typing... *\o/*

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:33:29 -0500

3959 words more and I shall be done!! yipppeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Kairi_Riku_Sora_Roxas — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:44:05 -0500

Go away, bio test and macbeth, I have at least 5,000 words to write! >_< Gotta finish this year.........

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Hemlock_key — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:58:39 -0500

It's very sucky. I can type if I ignore that finger, but it limits the width of my hands, making typing difficult. And somewhat painful. I got lucky though, it didn't pierce bone so I didn't have to go to the hospital for an IV drip of antibiotics. Which would have sucked more.

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Tonksonthetardis — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:08:21 -0500

Had to say that I love the icon :D And good luck! You can do it!

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Tonksonthetardis — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:14:44 -0500

I wanted to wish everyone good luck! You all can do it! I'm in 8th grade, this is my first Nano, and I finished! If I can, you definitely can! :D Just write as fast as possible and don't stop for anything! Lots of love and luck!

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hypnobirdie — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:19:35 -0500

I am approaching 25k tonight and I hate what I wrote, but not wholly. I think instead of a novel its more a set of vignettes. It will need a huge overhaul in order to get a good plot out of it. It all looked so good in the outline, what a shocking thing to see that the puzzle doesn't fit when I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). This is the most I have ever wrote in a single month and I am not going to make it to 50k in the next 20+ hours, but I am proud of what I did accomplish. Congrats everyone! I am not winning, but I am leaving with a door prize.

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ArigusVanes — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:46:24 -0500

It can be done. With a heart and will, you can. My max in a day was 20k over ten hours, you just need to free yourself and let the characters run themselves. Then words will pop up faster than you can ever imagine.

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ArigusVanes — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:47:30 -0500

Though I have to say, unless you've written hardcore before, don't expect this to happen. I'm pretty sure I was on crack or something, cause I've never gotten close to that since. 12k is my second max, 10k is more practical.

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Ailun C — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:58:04 -0500

Hi Shelbino! I'm new at aanowrimo..would you please tell me when and how can we publish the book as I read at the description but didn't actually find any button to do it when I accomplished the novel. Thanks in advance ;)) Salute from Firenze! Ailun

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Ailun C — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:59:09 -0500

YOU CAN MAKE IT! BEST OF LUCK..im watching you :))

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Dreamer Scythia — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:15:42 -0500

i did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my god! you can aldo do it! you have to have faith in yourselves!!!!!! =D

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Dreamer Scythia — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:26:13 -0500

[quote=hypnobirdie] I am approaching 25k tonight and I hate what I wrote, but not wholly. I think instead of a novel its more a set of vignettes. It will need a huge overhaul in order to get a good plot out of it. It all looked so good in the outline, what a shocking thing to see that the puzzle doesn't fit when I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). This is the most I have ever wrote in a single month and I am not going to make it to 50k in the next 20+ hours, but I am proud of what I did accomplish. Congrats everyone! I am not winning, but I am leaving with a door prize. [/quote] ¡that is the attitude! congratulations winner, winn i our own challenges is better....

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Dreamer Scythia — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:26:58 -0500

thanks!!!!!!!!!!! you can also do it!!!!!!! relax and mental concentration!

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Courtz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:31:25 -0500

Yep, at 42,062 words as of 11:30pm my time on the 29th. But I will do this thing! Best to all the other LMPushers. :D

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Writing_Ninja — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:38:10 -0500

I'm trying to reach 40k by tonight. I don;t have a lot of time to write tomorrow. We will see if I can make it.

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deppfreako — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:42:37 -0500

I'm in the exact same boat. No class for me until noon tomorrow, so we'll see how long of a night I may make it tonight.

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Mackenzi. — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:45:49 -0500

I'm gonna make it, I know it. I'm not gonna let myself lose. I will try for 40k tonight and I can scorunge together another ten thousand tomorrow, using snippets and character descriptions and ideas and stuff like that that I didn't add before, if it comes down to it. As long as I wrote it in November, it's going in there!

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Priyanka.Shah — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:13:13 -0500

oh my gosh i hear youu...i average like 1000words/25 minutes, but i take a "five" minute break and end up wasting time. If i keep my mind to it though, and sacrifice cold fingers, i can push through to do like 3000 words in an hour..i JUST broke 40000...WE GOT THIS!! :D

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Stephora — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:17:04 -0500

So closeeeee, exactly 6k to do for tomorrow. Definitely going to be one of the longest typing days I have had this month!

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Blue River Bend — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:24:31 -0500

I've got 20K to do in 24 hrs. I have school tomorrow. Plus about three hours of history homework. I really wanted to win this year. I always had the ideas, I just have a bedtime. Is it still possible? I type pretty fast. I have to go to bed right now. IS IT POSSIBLE??????

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IcedTrees — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:40:16 -0500

About five days or so ago I was still on ~10,000 words With 6 and a half hours to go, 37,793 words down and 12,207 left and history extension thing due tomorrow woooooooooooooooo good luck!

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barefoot kim — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:09:21 -0500

YES. IT. IS!!! If you don't feel your brain oozing out of your ears I don't think you're doing it right. ; )

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tajavioletta — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:26:09 -0500

Five days ago I was hovering around 18,000 words. I've written four thousand in the past three hours. I'm attempting to do 20,000 in 21 hours. Eeek! I think I can do it--it's my fifth NaNo, and I've never lost yet, sometimes pulling 30K words out of thin air over the course of two days. I don't know why I've procrastinated every year except last year. Maybe I'm an adrenaline junkie. Good luck to us all!

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YkittyH — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:50:35 -0500

You and I are in almost the exact same boat, I'd say ^^ Bunch of stuff due, 38K done, and I was at 14K five days ago. *hugs kindred spirit* Let's get to that finish line!

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sunstar — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:02:09 -0500

I've got 44371 words written. I have 5629 words to go. I don't think I'll make it, but I'll give it a hard go tomorrow. I've written over 5k words before. I can do this, I will do this. I will finish. It is not that much. Its only about 50 pages. I can write 1000 words an hour, so all I need is 6 hours. I can and will finsh.

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Antak — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:41:17 -0500

Thank you for this thread. On day 25 I was at 23500. Yesterday I reached 45k and I've now got just 4500ish to write. We can do it! Just one word after another!

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Alycialouise — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:44:02 -0500

I have around 18,000 left to write with just under 24 hours to do it, i'm at the point that i'm wishing i had a little longer, I only have one of my part-time jobs tomorrow that takes up around 3 hours in the afternoon and the rest is dedicated to finishing. I'm going to stay up a bit later and try to pound out a few thousand more before going to sleep for a few hours in the hopes that i can actually finish before its to late! good luck everyone!

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Stinula — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:38:15 -0500

I thought I'd be able to write heaps in the last few days but then other things came up. I wish I could spend tonight, writing away til midnight, I'm sure I could reach at least 30 000 that way, which for me would feel just as good as a win at this point. Unfortunately I have to leave soon to play in a musical on the other side of town from where I live. It takes an hour to drive there, an hour to drive home and the musical finishes at 11 pm. Alas, there is always next year. And I will definitely finish this novel so there is always that. :)

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barefoot kim — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:28:17 -0500

My grandfather is in the hospital and we had to drive eight hours to get here. Turns out typing makes me car sick so I got nothing done that day. However, I am pulling all nighters and sitting up with him. This novel WILL reach 50,000 words by midnight. It is going to happen. *Rocky theme music*

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Alycialouise — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:31:35 -0500

sweet Jesus! I totally forgot to add in all the out-lining of scenes i typed up at the beginning of the month! I was able to add almost 4k! Now i only have 12,000 and some odd to go! woot, passing out on a happy note! I'll be back in a few hours :)

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Journi18801 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:33:48 -0500

I lost alot of time last night doing stupid stuff and I still have 23,767 words left to type! I have to get ready for work from 8:30 - 6:30 EST(mostly likely WILL be stuck there that long!) Plus, I am typing on one of the worst laptops in the world - I'll be typing and then suddenly the typing line-thingy will go up in a totally random spot and type somewhere else and I can't get a word down very quickly. It keeps happening at random! If anyone know a fix for that, help me out! :) But, anyway, I'm not going to give up! I'm going to try to get something down on my lunch break and maybe even stay late on my work computer. Tonight, I'm gonna give it my all - no dilly-dallying, no procrastinating (anymore), no nothing. It ain't over until 11:59:59PM! :)

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Mithgariel — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:03:01 -0500

I've had the same problem with cursor. It usually refers to a too touchy touchpad. Deactivate it and use mouse, problem should disappear. It did for me :)

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lucidlensphoto — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:29:44 -0500

So... close, can.. almost.. see the end... *In my best William Shatner impersonation*

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lauren_write — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:58:20 -0500

I did it! 5k to finish off! So my last fews days went like this 6.5k, 10k, 5k I am so pleased because I did two things I have been dying to do - a 10k day and a full first draft of a novel! My story is done and I couldn't be prouder! Good luck to everyone else out there

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TraciB — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:12:47 -0500

I was sick all last week and didn't get any writing done for several days. Add to that a massive case of indecision about how to lead up to the climactic battle scene, and I had a huge writer's block constructed. My brother helped cure it. Monday afternoon, he lit a fire in the fireplace without first opening the flue, and the smoke filling the house forced me to run away for a couple of hours. I took my laptop and sore throat to my church, where I hunkered down in the library and proceeded to knock out a few thousand words. That got the mojo going again, and I churned out a whopping 10,003 words yesterday. So, that leaves me with the battle scene and loose ends to tie up, and only 4,537 words required to do so. I should have it done by supper time. :) Keep going, my fellow procrastinators. You can beat this thing. :)

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TraciB — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:13:57 -0500

Great William Shatner impression and a wonderful avi. Hooper to hooper - keep going. You'll get there. :)

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Amandiana — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:27:38 -0500

Firenze...the place I fell in love with and modeled my novel after. What a beautiful place for inspiration. Congratulations!

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njnagler — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:38:04 -0500

I think we've all got the idea that 'It is just a draft' Yes, I too need almost a month off before I can even stand to see the thing again. I do believe you can give yourself a 'finish your novel month' any time you wish. I'll be switching gears in Feb. National Poetry WRITING month, though Poetry Month is in April. 2012 is a leap year so I'll have to do an extra one, but I sure enjoyed it last year. I'm getting positive reviews from friends. I really would suggest a change up in style, whatever. April of course is Script Frenzy month. Don't know if I'll do it this year. It was brutal last year. But amazingly enough Marvel comics have been putting their scripts and story boards in some of their collections. I have short essays/memoirs I've been putting off for years. Maybe ---

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njnagler — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:43:13 -0500

Do you have access to Word speech or something like that? I had severe muscle spasms in my upper back the entire first week. I couldn't even concentrate enough to do warm ups (solitaire)!!! I just babbled along until I hit on a real story buried in there and then I totally switched gears and slid into a whole 'nother story. It helps because my alters are my MC's so they help me out (usually). They were planning a revolt once. I think I talked them out of it. Can't remember. (With DID, that is no surprise.)

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njnagler — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:48:21 -0500

Looks like we are going to have a lot of winners here. Keep on! You are almost there! What's a few thousand words anyway? A thousand here and a thousand there and soon you've really got something. But do take a break every hour, if even to get up to go to the 'litter box' and get more caffeine.

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monquito — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:01:25 -0500

In my time zone I have about 14 hours left to go. I want to win so bad this year! I have never won before. I can write about 2000/hour if I really concentrate, and even if I didn't have to be at work for at least 7 of those hours, I would still come up short. Although my actual count is a little bit higher than my bar because I wrote until I collapsed last night and haven't updated it yet. :\ Anyone think I should still try?

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originalgradk — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:03:40 -0500

Done it and won!! I have my strategy flesh out loads of plot ideas!

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Fariyah Chowdhury — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:18:52 -0500

Yes you should monquito!! don't give up yet!! yesterday I wrote 10k while I worked and did not even miss my yoga class and cooked dinner too!! :) I'm only 3959 words short and today before supper I will be done!!

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suddenbookworm — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:53:47 -0500

:) Yeah, in December I'm going to totally start working on all my other stories again... well, not all seven of them, just the one I was writing crazy but stopped for nanowrimo. Anywho, have a great "I finished" party!

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suddenbookworm — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:54:20 -0500

Oops, this was supposed to go somewhere else :)

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suddenbookworm — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:55:17 -0500

Wait, no it wasn't... grrr, I'm going back to my writing :(

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

katarina.rogue — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:13:10 -0500

In the past 21 hours, I've come up from about 1200 words to nearly halfway there. *cracks knuckles* I think I can do it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

katarina.rogue — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:14:17 -0500

Yes! Keep going!! At the very least, you can work on coming up to 35k or 40k!

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Samantha Wolfe — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:08:51 -0500

Right now I'm gonna be lucky to make it to 10,000..... 3,000 plus words in addition school today? I think yes. Hopefully next year I won't be so miserably behind in my school. Wait, I won't have the same idiotic school next semester. *fist pump* So I'll be back. *maniacal laugh* And I will win next year.... And I'll win Script Frenzy.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

phoenixlife — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:01:47 -0500

I've just made it! Feel so relieved and proud of myself. Not a bad achievement since I only wrote on 16 days out of 30. I'm pretty impressed with myself for managing to complete Nano despite being really lazy and doing nothing for half the month. Just think of what I could have done if I'd written every single day! Oh well, maybe that shall be my goal for next time! Congratulations to everyone who has won so far, and good luck to those still writing. Remember it's not too late to win, so just keep ploughing on and it will be so worth it in the end. Even if you don't get to 50k, knowing that you've written way more than usual (and more than most people ever will in a month) feels great, and hopefully even if you didn't get far you will have some good ideas and material to work into a future novel. Thanks to all you guys on the forums for your help and support, it was a blast!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Veire — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:39:10 -0500

On Sunday I was at almost 13k words. I've been in a funk for pretty much this whole month and have gotten next to nothing done. It took me nearly doubling my words to get to (nearly) 13k. So on Monday I churned out 4,088 words. On Tuesday I pumped out a good 8,979. And today I have written 12,009 words total. And I still have four more sets of 3k words to go before midnight. That's roughly 12k more words I have to write before the end of the day. That's more than I have ever written in a single day at any point in my entire life. I have nine and a half hours left, minus that dentist appointment later today. Yup. Still trying. =)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

DMoore — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:42:17 -0500

And YES! Major catch-up party! I did 17,000 words TODAY. Thank God for voice-activated software and a hideaway no one could interrupt me! I'm gonna go have a drink now and put my feet up for a day or two. Then it's time to edit! PARTY NOW THOUGH! CONGRATS EVERYONE! Deb www.readmoore.com

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DMoore — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:52:00 -0500

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

JimmyDeTarer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:15:07 -0500

Wow, DMoore, that is truly amazing! 17k in a day?! I was happy with my 20k over 5... This thread helped me win, no doubt in my mind. Veire, I am rooting for you so hard.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

reckless.tenacity — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:36:52 -0500

*blinkblink* I swear I was 8K behind this morning when i collapsed into bed at 430. I didn't even start writing until after noon and... wow. just under 6 hours to go and i've only got to do 2K. I was pretty impressed with myself, not gonna lie. But DMoore? Veire? you are AMAZING. I mean WOW. GO GET THEM PURPLE BARS!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:16:31 -0500

Suddenly remembered that I had not paid attention to this thread in the last day or two... and come back to find 9 pages! Woohoo! Well, I'll check back here and on twitter for the rest of night. Whether you have 1K or 6K to go, you can do it! On twitter, if SuccessBB sends you a message of encouragement or congratulations, that's me. Good luck, and I'll see you at the finish line!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

JettaBaby — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:25:42 -0500

I've got a little less than 3,000, and my story is done, so I'm trying to squeeze in that extra 3k in the 4 hours and 35 minutes I have left!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Alycialouise — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:37:43 -0500

just over 7K left. feeling the end is near, running on 4 hours of sleep... must finish....must finish....keep typing. Come on everyone only a few hours left to crunch it out!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

misty call — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:52:17 -0500

I made it late this afternoon. It's great to have the winner's certificate and the 50K. It's been great reading this forum and seeing so many push ahead with huge word counts. Keep going everyone still trying for the 50K before midnight. Afterwards, you can cruise in the relief lane and be happy.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:01:17 -0500

Congrats on your win, Misty!

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Paul Hiscock — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:23:11 -0500

From under 10000 to win in 96 hours. I was the last last-ditcher still going at the write-in but I made it in under the wire.

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Alycialouise — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:00:11 -0500

congrats paul!

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katarina.rogue — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:23:50 -0500

You can so totally do it!!! Keep typing!

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gradyp — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:38:11 -0500

Way to go, Paul!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

katarina.rogue — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:31:00 -0500

3000 words and an hour and a half to go!I can so totally do this!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

zeuslover1 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:44:32 -0500

I won, I won, I won, I won! 30K in six days!!! :D :D :D :D Completely turned my novel around! NANOWRIMO SHALL FEAR ME!!!! Sorry, I drank a lot of caffine and sugar and now I'm really excited because I JUST WON! *Yes, I am screaming* Yay! Yay! Yay! This day has been awesome from the beginning and now it's just simply awesome, amazing, great, and rainbows and unicorns! :D :D :D :D

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Alycialouise — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:18:50 -0500

woo hooo!!! finished! feels great! To everyone out there still typing till the last minute, you can do it! your almost done! get off this forum and finish! To everyone who has finished congrats! we made it!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:37:09 -0500

There are two things that I find just completely AWESOME about this "little' thread I started... 1.) All the lovely purple bars. They look absolutely beautiful! And if yours is full but blue (or if you DID get the 50K, but not verified in time), check with your regional ML. There may still be a way to get one of those beautiful purple bars for yourself. 2) And the BEST thing about the thread? All the support and encouragement shared. One of the most motivating things for me for the past 5 years has been encouraging others to reach for the win. I didn't do it as much this year, and I could tell by the way I struggled throughout the month to find time to write. Encouraging others to reach the goal is a fantastic way to get there yourself. See you again next year as we gather at the starting line to start the writing marathon to the 50K finish line again!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Antak — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:09:54 -0500

Did it! YAY YAY YAY! With 55 minutes to go... Eek. Never going to let that happen again. Good work everybody!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Life-is-worth-living — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:06:03 -0500

Woah! You have so many words! Congrats! Did you type all those in November? I bet it's a great novel!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

pink_cherry — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:26:28 -0500

Thank you for the encouragement & starting this thread! I wrote almost half my novel in the last three days, gave up at 43k for two hours in the final night, and then cried and laughed with pure joy and disbelief when I passed 50k. What an amazing thing we have all done! Congrats to all of you :)

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:05:34 -0500

Way to go, pink cherry! Those can be some of the best wins to savor!

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

gradyp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:06:29 -0500

I keep saying that myself :D Yet somehow, I keep finding myself in a whole in the last few days.

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

Ailun C — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:21:57 -0500

well done pink cherry!!!! You've MADE IT!!!!! I'm SO PROUD OF YOU!! and myself of course hhaahahah

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pink_cherry — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:12:40 -0500

Thank you! Proud of you too, hehe, wooooo go us :D

Re: Catching up and winning in 96 hours or less

pink_cherry — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:13:17 -0500

Definitely! Thanks again for this thread :)