The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

mertzenicha — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:14:26 +0000

I'm in this boat, and I know many of you are as well. At just over 37,122 words, I'm only now about to reach a major plot event that will set up the entire rest of the story. I'll likely reach 50k, yes, but the novel will be far from finished at that point. I'm aiming to get about 60k by the end of November and about 100k by the end of December. Who else has similar plans?

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mals86 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:28:06 +0000

Me! December is probably unreasonable for finishing, with all the family and holiday tasks that fall to me in that month. (You look like a student. More power to you on finishing in December.) But 50K will get me deep into the story without even getting close to the two major climax events (one being a repercussion of the first event), and I've got to wind things up. Aaargh.

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XVisiEX — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:19:27 +0000

Can we still validate at 50,000 words even if the story isnt finished? XDD

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Angelic Disaster — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:49:07 +0000

I'm almost half-way through the word-count (Lost a few days this last week)...but there is absolutely no way this thing will even be close to finished by the end of the month. It will hit 150k easily, and I think it may well go even farther than that.

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restive_nature — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:57:26 +0000

Wow, just hit the 50k mark today. I'm doing he said/ she said, alternating chapters. I'm not even a third of the way done working on the 'she' chapters, planning on writing the 'he' chapters after that was completed. So I'm going to be working on this one for a while!

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lisard — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:04:43 +0000

Yeah, to validate on the site all that's required is reaching that 50k word goal. As long as it's not 50k of the same word written over and over. :P

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XVisiEX — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:00:13 +0000

[quote=lisard] Yeah, to validate on the site all that's required is reaching that 50k word goal. As long as it's not 50k of the same word written over and over. :P [/quote] =OOO That makes me ecstatic!!!

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Bocona — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:43:06 +0000

Not near done, but near 50,000. Yippee! But Ann still has a lot of growing and adventures.

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Erecura — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:38:35 +0000

Me! My MCs just got to Africa. They have no idea what;s going on. No way will this be over in 50k.

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brionyjae — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:15:18 +0000

*raises hand* Good to see I'm not alone! 30k in, and my MCs have only just arrived on planet Tebras VI... xP I'm just worried that after November, I'll stop writing - and then my novel might die a half-finished death! :( I'll just have to be extra sure not to let that happen... anyone else in this boat? :/ Are you going to keep writing through-out December with a set goal?

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Angelic Disaster — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:44:23 +0000

My plan is to get at least 35k in December. I'll have to make sure my husband keeps me motivated, like he's doing this month.

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adorablegeek — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:16:52 +0000

Just hit 50k and and just now getting to the climax, so definitely a no! Probably at least 55k!

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DarkAngel — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:20:51 +0000

I've still got a lot more to write to get this story finished. It'll probably be another 10-20k minimum, I'm guessing. It's a bit hard to tell exactly how much more I've got to write. For all I know it won't be finished at 100k. I'm hoping it will be though.

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EvelJerome — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:46:22 +0000

I'm writing a trilogy, which means that if I alot each part 30k, i should be done at 90k. since the second part in the end did not reach the intended mark, but stoped at 22k, i'm moving my end goal to 80k. that's just 20k away, and i hope to reach it before december reaches me.

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brionyjae — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:47:17 +0000

That's a good plan :) I know that I won't be able to do another 50k in December, but something less might be achievable :)

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StuckOnThePuzzle — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:59:28 +0000

Yeah, at the pace things are turning up, I won't be done at 50K. I'm glad, though. If I had to know how will my novel end, I would not be able to reach the goal at all.

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magically.yours — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:05:49 +0000

I'm at 50,000 now and my story has barely even started! I did intend on this being a stand-alone 80k novel, but if i were to carry with the stand-alone, I could easily make it reach the 250k mark, if not more. I thought that was a tad unreasonable, so with my 3 main sub-plots and 1 main plot to tie in, I'm thinking a trilogy, or even a four-piece saga.

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SpiritofClyde — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:44:57 +0000

ME! ME! I'm at 53K and have just implemented the serial killer team's move on two of my characters. Still trying to find a way to kill another detective giving me a pain in the butt.

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nballantyne — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:39:21 +0000

Same here! Glad there's a club for this. I was starting to worry that I was rambling..? I devoted time to a short prologue, and thoroughly moving my characters from their norm to the new situation. You know how characters rebel against you... To my surprise I discovered that my main character was far more resistant to losing life as she knew it than I thought she'd be. Now they're definitely moving along, but they're far from the crisis. Don't know about finishing before next year - this is definitely a rough draft! I've got a lot of 19th century research to complete - on weapons, steamships, etc., and I'd like to refine my narrative - make it jump off the page a little more. The voice is overly passive right now.

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UltimatelyMcAwesome — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:34:32 +0000

I have problems with finishing novels. As soon as I'm about to get to an intended plot point I'll think of something and put that in. My prolougue-which is most definetely NOT prolougue size-is over 12.5k long. And my villain isn't evil enough yet. He's kind of a villain because he's against the good guy but has good intentions for the world. Unfortunately, this means he needs to see bad stuff that's happened because of my main character. Total of stuff bad happened because of my main character: 0, maybe 1 if you count something. Total number of words so far: 55 134 Facepalm.

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pablohunny — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:25:48 +0000

Definitely won't finish at 50K. At 38 (exactly 38k!) the characters are in place and the forthcoming action has been set up, but the main body of the plot is just about to begin. If all the action is climactic, it may end at 80k, but if it pans out the way it's suppoesd to, I reckon 100-105k. Now I just have to get it written down! :D

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tontaube — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:40:19 +0000

When i started this, again I had no idea what (if any) kind of plot would evolve. Somehow characters keep appearing and re-appearing and all of a sudden I have sub-plots. I already also know several things I have to add to the already existing story, but refinement is for later, right now i'm much more interested in how it'll all turn out. and 50 k probably won't cover that. And guess what? I'm glad it doesn't. Simply because I can continue to visit my written world a while longer than i thought ;)

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PeverellSister — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:16:15 +0000

Oh, gosh. I would have finished in 50,000 but one of my minor characters decided to try to steal the object of power in my story and try to take over the world. I hadn't counted on another villian in my story! I just hope that I can keep working to get to 50k by the end of the month! I still have a few thousand to catch up!

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olivertwisted — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:37:19 +0000

I've passed 50k and I'm nowhere near down. My new goal is to finish by the end of the year, but I know this thing is going to be 100k at the very least.

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alicerabbits — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:51:06 +0000

I'm aiming to have 75K by the end of the month. Since I've already done the 50K, that part is done, only 25K to go. But I'm not entirely convinced that it will be done at 75K...with the new plot development (how did that happen?), it will easily reach 90K.

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sjjhunt — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:05:10 +0000

I think this will be true for me. At 25K and only about two-fifths through the outline. So maybe 62.5K - or more if the second part gets more wordy.

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EriJay — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:26:09 +0000

I'll most likely (hopefully!) finish on time because I'm a tiny bit ahead, but my novel still has a long ways to go!

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hillaryanderson7 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:31:11 +0000

The more I write, the more I realize this thing is taking on a life of its own and that life cannot be contained to a mere 50K!!!

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WhiteHare — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:20:40 +0000

Me too. I'm reckoning on having 70K by the end of the month, but I'm thinking the first draft will be more like 85K. There will be detail (description, characterisation) to add in, as my first shot is normally just about getting the plot down, but guff to take out. I'm going to be doing my standard 'scrap the first two chapters and start with chapter 3 thing' in rewrite too.

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Void-Auron — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:24:46 +0000

It will be done soon after, at this rate. But it was supposed to be a short story. And it is most definitely not.

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NYAces_35 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:25:00 +0000

Yeah, word-wise I have just under 10K to go to hit the goal. Story-wise, my plot is structed over a seven day time-frame, and I'm in the middle of Day 4 of 7. And the major, major, major plot stuff happens on Day 5 and 6 -_- I'm thinking 75 - 100K is more realistic for this one.

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Rensy — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:14:12 +0000

I have yet to reveal a significant character in my story, and I'm pretty sure that'll happen after 50k. The unexpected addition of another villain completely changed how that last character is coming in, and I'll probably be finishing at around 75k~ I'm aim to reach that by the end of this month, hopefully I'll make it. ><

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Quinn_Zoe — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:05:04 +0000

YUP!! I'm aiming for 60K, but that's tomorrow, since today is mandatory celebration day. :)

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hildred — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:06:48 +0000

the first drafts of my novels tend to be around 300-350k (yaaay fantasy with lots of characters) and at the endof this month I'll have over 100k of this draft done. So, nope. I have no idea how people can write novels that are less than 100k, let alone *just* 50!

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AntiNeko — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:42:26 +0000

I've passed the 50k mark and still far under the midpoint. I am shooting for 80k this month and 80k next month. I have been skipping most of my descriptive scenes and important background details in order to reach the end of the first half of my book this month. If I do the same next month, my first draft will be complete, and I can go back and write in all the important details and descriptions in January. :) Then I'm putting it aside for a month and starting it again in March for NaNoEdMo.

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Matt Mesnard — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:58:43 +0000

Yeah I hit 50k and the plot point in my synopsis didn't happen yet. Just had a little too much fun with tangents and building the character up. Why write up a character when you can just do all of that as word padding? :) Don't worry though; I didn't just write character notes. It's all prose in my novel.

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Nighttime.Breeze — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:49:31 +0000

Hmm... I've just introduced my last (main) character, so about one third (according to plan) of the novell is done. That would make my total amount of words when I'm done about 120.000! o.O Aaah, help! I can never ever write that much, but there were so many things that needed to be done (or written, depends how you look at it) and now the plot is growing incredibly fast. It's fun, but a little scary, too. What am I gonna do? PS: If I can't find an ending earlier, I'll have to use a sudden, unexpected atomic bomb! :D

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elwrites — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:32:38 +0000

I keep thinking I'm nearly done, and then remember a massive lump of plot. I was hoping I'd be done at 120,000, but now it really doesn't look like it. This is going to be a b**** to edit.

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apocalypticangel47 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:52:49 +0000

I knew mine wouldn't stop at 50K anyway: it's a second edition, and the first was 60K, almost 70. But this one is actually longer: At 50K in the first book, I was wrapping things up; at 50K in this draft, I'm just getting started. I'm predicting a 100K Second Edition, and if I have the time, I'm going to try to get 50K more words in December to prove this.

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strawberrydarhling — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:06:53 +0000

I'm really behind but that dosen't stop me from knowing that this novel will be much, much longer than 50K. There are five parts in my story and they will be all at least 40K, some probably even more, which means my story will be over 200K.

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intrikate — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:28:22 +0000

I'm in the same situation. At 33,000, I have just told my MC what her destiny is, so there's all this fulfilling it left to do. Plus, on the edit, I'm a taker-outer, so I figure I'll probably have to write 200,000 words to end up with something that actually looks like a novel, but if I hit 50 by Nov 30, I'm still calling myself a winner. :)

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Wynja2007 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:59:07 +0000

Well, the novel I began last year reached 51K by the end of November last year, grew to 72K by October this year, so I'm writing Part Two this year. So far I'm on target with 35K since Nov 1st, and I think even then it's going to need a few more words just to use up all the plot... I'm deliberately writing long because that's how my characters tend to reveal themselves. I can then cut out chunks and make it nice and sleek at my leisure. 50K in 30 days is the challenge - even if you still have story to tell, you're still a winner!

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brionyjae — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:54:12 +0000

Oh GOSH that sounds like a great plan... man! I wish I'd skipped the lesser details and focused on the main plot points xD You're very organised, anyway :) Epic work!

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Ishara — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:10:44 +0000

I've just reached the big reveal in my plot where all the truths come out. I still have about 10 chapters to go in my outline and right now I'm writing about 2,000 words a chapter, so I'm guessing I'll finish at around 65-70k. Of course that doesn't count all the red notes that say "add more to this later, move on to next part" I have huge sections of plot I have to go back and fill in as well. This will definitely be the longest thing I've written, which was my goal for the year. Now if I can only get it done!

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ZeroDraftingGenius — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:06:32 +0000

I'm over 34,000 words and nowhere near done. Still getting to know my characters -- and getting them talking to one another. The plot remains largely undiscovered. And I'm not bothering one whit with location/setting except for knowing where each scene is set -- no description/exposition whatsoever yet. No weather, no ambiance, no larger context. And larger contexts are critical since the story is set in both today's Chicago and Chicago of the Gilded Age (1870s-90s). Speaking of which, I have a ton of research to come. Historical and medical. My plan is to keep filling in holes and sorting out the characters and plot while doing some basic research so I can resolve any major kinks early-on. This process will probably take at least 3-4 months. Then I'll start editing, and digging into very detailed research, which will take another several months at least. If all goes well, I might be ready just in time to pants my way though NaNo 2012!

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mandiiminx — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:52:58 +0000

I just got to 50k and I'm only half way through. I really want to finish it this month!! I've written over 6k today and will continue, so if I keep writing like this I might reach 80-100k by Nov 30th..

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Kay Proctor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:22:07 +0000

My novel is actually over 80K and not even close to finishing. It's getting there, though.

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soy.lor.n — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:19:20 +0000

word. just passed 50k, but I noticed I passed what I expect to be the halfway point somewhere around 35k. I am considering cleaning up the first part though and splitting it into 2. As it stands, all the action happens in the second part and that doesn't seem like the kind of story that would draw me in, as a reader.

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KedaseDerragar — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:18 +0000

My most conservative estimates for this beast are between 120-130 thousand, so no, I won't be done. But winning is just the icing on the cake for me (I'm only a few hundred words away as we speak). I want to make a career out of this, and NaNo has helped me show myself that I can totally write an astonishing amount of prose in a day and still have plenty of free time left over. I'm going to continue with my 2,000+ per day pace until the end of November, and then I'll cut back to 5 days a week starting in December - but I won't be stopping any time soon, even when I finish this book. I have more than enough material to keep writing, and I'm going to do so.

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estaratshirai — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:43:09 +0000

Yesh. I was in denial about this for a while, but I've got to face it...I'm in the 41Ks and most of the real action hasn't even happened yet. I'm going to have to set myself up with some kind of pseudo-NaNo through December to keep myself moving through the rest of it, because I have people interested in the story and they'll be annoyed if they don't get an ending. XD

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Emzie — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:17:28 +0000

Pretty much. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, maybe less. I write a shit ton of dialogue, though, so that -- rather than the volume of plot and whatnot -- definitely has something to do with it. I probably won't finish in November... but that's what December is for!

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cbwriterman — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:42:50 +0000

Holla. Yeah, definitely not going to be done at 50k, maybe around 70 (maybe) But then I definitely see a sequel coming on.

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SapphireMoon10 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:14:16 +0000

I am just about to hit 50,000 and I am only half way through my planning. I can see this going on for a while...

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CainExodus — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0000

Don't think It'll fit in 50k, but I think 60k would be plenty.

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EelKat — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:28:08 +0000

forget 50k - I'm at 178k now and it's no where's near done! LOL!

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Fiona W — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:04:57 +0000

I won! I won! My novel's not done!

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C.J. Sandiego — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:59:28 +0000

I'm here. I think I might just slap an epilogue on it and call it a night. There's a lot of scene that I didn't get to do despite the high word count but I think I would just have to start over with another, better outline if I'm going to add to it.

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Bovver — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:41:26 +0000

This is me. Based on how long my chapters are and how many chapters I have left, it looks like 100K for me! (Good thing the NaNo Rebel in me already had 30K before November...)

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Hëradïn — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:02:14 +0000

I'm coming up on 50,000 and there are still 12 more chapters to write. Plus most of the chapters I've written thus far are made of only talking with minimal description (if any at all).

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Twenty Thousand Eyes — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:14:16 +0000

Same here. My story structure goes like this: Introductions -> First battle (space) -> First battle (land) -> Intermission -> Second battle (MC1)[CURRENT STAGE; 25% DONE] -> Second battle (MC2) -> Second battle (MC1, part two) -> Second battle (MC3) -> Shorter intermission -> Final battle -> Endings I would like to keep it under 100,000 words, but I may have to save that for revision.

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JoyceHeatherington — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:24:33 +0000

I'm continuing my boom into book #2 for next year to finish the story. Or maybe make it to a book #3 even.

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writerwoman — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:07:26 +0000

I'm nowhere near done yet, but I need to be done at 75K to 80K, which I may or may not make by Nov. 30. I'm writing toward the market, and a first-time cozy mystery novelist will have (so They say) a better shot at acceptance with a ms that's between 70K and 85K, tops. I have lots of ideas of things to cut already, so that feels good. Draft is a hot mess, though! Happy revisions, everyone! Anyone out there know they're going to submit their NaNovel to agents/publishers? How about self-pub plans?

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adivineeternity — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:31:14 +0000

I currently anticipate my novel's final length being between 100-150k words. It could easily extend as far as 250k or more, though, depending on how much more my characters reveal to me as I type. All I know for sure is that at 25k I am no more than 25% of the way through my story, and I'm starting to think I may not even be that far into it.

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Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:04:38 +0000

[quote=brionyjae] *raises hand* Good to see I'm not alone! 30k in, and my MCs have only just arrived on planet Tebras VI... xP I'm just worried that after November, I'll stop writing - and then my novel might die a half-finished death! :( I'll just have to be extra sure not to let that happen... anyone else in this boat? :/ Are you going to keep writing through-out December with a set goal? [/quote] I'm in that boat, too. I've been worrying about that all week, actually. I think I'm going to try for 30k or so in December. I'll need some motivation to keep writing, though... :P

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Down — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:27:37 +0000

I'm so VERY MUCH in this club. XD I normally nano through the middle-end of my books, because that's what I struggle most with, but this year I went from the beginning, and it seems to be measuring out as I expected - there's at least another 60k in it, and quite possibly more. Then again, it's 'book two', and book one is not (QUITE. QUITE. NEARLY THERE) done at over 200,000 words. So if this one comes in at about 150,000 or so I'll be pretty relieved. XD I'm devoting December to finishing off the first book, so this one will be dropped at least until January - and I have a shorter book to rewrite so I can try pitching it. I'm kinda planning to poke this one on and off, and then hack at it again for camp nano next summer. XDD

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Vedfolner — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:24:36 +0000

I definitely thought it would be almost done by now, but nah. There's at least two thousand words left of this novel.

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Pretty Crazy — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:27:06 +0000

Argh! I can't finish my story. I just got going after I hit the 50,000 count. The ideas won't stop coming. Why did they have to wait until AFTER I hit the word goal? >:( Keep writing everyone! It's worth it!

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Amberleaf29 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:05:06 +0000

Lols, yep! :3 I have the same problem as many of you guys right now! ^.^; But I don't mind! XD Writing a long novel for once, even longer than the 50k goal, might actually even be kind of fun! :D

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coolpearls — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:06:31 +0000

Definitely not. The first in this series was 130K! I don't think it will be THAT long, but it will definitely be more than 75K. Then again, most novels are more than 50K ;)

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Lorata — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:37:38 +0000

Yeah, still not done, but getting closer! Yikes ... down to the wire, here. We can do it, everyone!

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

pltgrl — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:11:13 +0000

Complete at 53,001

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wolfoffallenshadows — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:54:03 +0000

A third of the way through, maybe. Done, heck no!

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J.E.Blackworth — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:32:06 +0000

Definitely not, I don't even have the climax yet!

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

IrishMouse — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:14:03 +0000

I reached 50k and I'm only about halfway through my story. It could easily reach 100k or more. I actually scheduled time to write each day like I have been this month so I don't lose the momentum. It's gonna be a little challenging for me with this big project at work plus I'm moving to at the end of december. Yay, packing : | But Congrats to all of us!!! For those just getting to the finish line, we're all cheering for you!! Go, go, go!

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Thunder Star — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:22:32 +0000

I'm at 61k and I'm not quite done yet! I expect another 4000-5000 words until this novel is complete! Thankfully, I think I'll be able to finish in the next few days and actually be able to say that I finished a novel in a month! :D To everyone else who's planning on going beyond 50k, keep up the hard work! It'll be worth it in the end!

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bright_eyes — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:32:22 +0000

Just hit 50K (what-? How-? *speechless at self*) but I'm only about half way through my expected plot. So oh goody, another month of writing xD

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

JuniorFrenzySista — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:10:30 +0000

Me. My novel will probably end up at least 70k, probably more. Even just the sketchy way I'm writing it. I've got most my major events and now I'm filling in the gaps and that's definitely going to carry me over the line. And then some. Or a lot. And after that, there will be the fleshing out of the time in between things exploding and fights happening. Which will probably end up being at least 5k.

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Phoenixian Stardust — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:13:07 +0000

52K and I still haven't even finished part one. I won't be surprised if it hits 100K by the time I'm done.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

MidnightFury — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:47:35 +0000

I just passed 54k and I'm not even a third of the way through my story. I'm sure I'll probably hit at least 100k, as long as I can hold off my inner editor for a while longer.

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Aelyn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:16:34 +0000

I am frantically curving my story arc to try to fit it into 50k (at least until editing) but I somehow doubt that'll happen. I MIIIIGHT get through the climax, but the resolution will definitely be past 50k.

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Flammable Heart — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:14:08 +0000

I have less than 8K to go and my story is definitely going to take up more words than that. I want to get as close to the end as possible by Wednesday though, even if it means rushing it a bit. It'll be better when I come to edit to expand on rushed sections than to be faced with a blank page again, right?

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Realmer06 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:47:31 +0000

Just hit 50,000. I'm maybe halfway through my story . . .

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Annelili — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:53:34 +0000

I hit 50000 words just a couple of minutes ago but this story is far from over. My MC still got a long way to go!

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apishcan23 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:17:51 +0000

I hit 50k late yesterday. My story is so far from being done. I plan to keep writing until I have finished first draft. Honestly though, I have no idea how long it will be. I never expected Broken Road to last to 50k much less past that point. I was wrong, way wrong.

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lvngbooks — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:50 +0000

Yup, same here. I hit 50k last week, took a couple of days off writing and am now working hard on the rest of the story. I'm estimating 90k for it to be complete, so I'll probably end up writing another 40k before 2012.. At least I hope I can finish a draft before the new year hits. That would be great :) And then to think that it's only the first book in a trilogy or four book saga.. Yikes!

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Princess Binky Lemontwist — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:18:43 +0000

Just hit the 50K mark today and I am close to the end but I think I still have anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 more words to go. LOL

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

IFangirlLunaLovegood — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:36:45 +0000

My novel won't be done either, and I'm just giving myself until December 20th to get the first draft done... Planned to get about 75K until then, but I don't even think that's enough... Hang in there! (: Happy novelling, and DFTBA Luna

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

bjorke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:41:13 +0000

I'm just coming into the big climax at 51,000 words. A few weeks ago, I figured I'd just stop at 50k and take a break, finishing it up as I went through the editing process. But I'm so close to the end, I'll just keep on, at least for the next 3 days.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

punjabchild — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:11:40 +0000

I hit 50k over the weekend. I broke my novel up into three acts, and I'm not even half way through the second act.... I've got a long way to go...

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Silverwords — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:35:54 +0000

Was just under 53k when I wrote THE END but as I read through the novel I can see places where it will grow at the rewrite stage. BUT that won't be until new year as I have a novel needing its final draft which has taken 12+ years to get to an acceptable point. (Also another first draft to redo) Still v pleased and will definitely be revising this up beyond 60,000 at least.

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OpinionatedSkeleton — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:21:00 +0000

I got 50k! (I'm so happy!) But my story isn't nearly done. I still have quite a lot of plot to get through. Ah, well. December, here I come!

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Marie.94 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:07:12 +0000

Well seeing as how I'm almost to 60,000, no it will not. XD It will probably be done closer to 70,000.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

EvelJerome — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:16:06 +0000

my novel is done at 78k. the two remaining days will be left for a short story, completely unrelated to the general plot. (:

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

ninemagpies — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:20:31 +0000

I don't think I could reasonably get this first draft wrapped up at under 100K. There is a lot of waffle in this book so far and astonishingly little action.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

snowakay — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:15:01 +0000

Mine's going to be another 15-20k easily, but at least I got right into the thick of the action already.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

_twilight_star_ — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:30:27 +0000

Hit 50k today, but I think I'm going to have at least 5k left of scenes to write before the story is actually done :P

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Jaina — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:02 +0000

Yep, I'm over 50k and there's lots left to write. But this is just the start I needed.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Dennis Jernberg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:56:36 +0000

Oh, you know, I'm reaching 50,000 words. Problem is, the novel will be about 250,000 words long, 5 times that length. So it has a few more WriMos in its future, starting with NaNoFiMo next month and JanNoWriMo after that. *sigh*

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Doogie Race — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:12:25 +0000

Obviously... I fear there are still 10k or more to write to finish that story...

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Tesla.Ana — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:19:42 +0000

My novel hasn't even technically started...

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dutchbando — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:13:05 +0000

At 50k my novel will just be getting started. The lines will be drawn but the battle of good and evil will be just beginning. I figure I probably have at least another 50k to go to reach any sort of adequate resolution not to mention all the minor details I omitted in the frenzy of NaNo. Oh well. I'll probably use next year's Camp to finish the novel.

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Lainylovesyou — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:50:09 +0000

Heh... yeah... I started panicking at 50k because I felt like my story would get *too* long. But I did finish it (on the last day of NaNo) so the wordcount on my little bar is the wordcount of my novel. :)

Re: The "My Novel Definitely WON'T Be Done At 50,000 Words" Shoutout!

Yignyar Cthulius — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:58:20 +0100

50,000 words is a small number for a novel, mine ends at 75,000-80,000 depending on the draft, but it's part of a series. So the full story won't be told in 50,000 words, not close at all. [quote=Dennis Jernberg] Oh, you know, I'm reaching 50,000 words. Problem is, the novel will be about 250,000 words long, 5 times that length. So it has a few more WriMos in its future, starting with NaNoFiMo next month and JanNoWriMo after that. *sigh* [/quote] I am not sure if you've considered this, but you might be able to break it into a series. Have a nice trilogy or maybe just two books? Plus, if you're planning on selling it, you could get readers to jump into the first book, then they might eagerly await the second, and so on. Rather than buy one really large book that they aren't sure they will get sucked in to, they will give a smaller one a shot, then move forward.