I did it! http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727 ororo I finally finished my Nano 2011 novel. This is an important milestone because I have not finished a novel in several years. Ever since I got together with my boyfriend, and then moved in with him, the ideas are there, but the finishing has not been. It ended up being just shy of 60K words. Now to put that away for a bit, and return to #2 in my series and start editing. Anyone know an affordable editor? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:21 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1103939 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1103939 littleoph Yes! Excellent! I'm still digging through my draft, one sentence at a time. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:10:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1104817 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1104817 quixotic_hope Congratulations! That's so exciting! I finally have two completed drafts of novels, but there are so many more that I'm still working on. I was hoping to complete draft 2 of my last Nano novel this month, but instead I have a half-finished draft of that one and two more WIPs that I started and one more plot bunny that's begging to be written. Still...better than not having any ideas! :) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:47:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1105091 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1105091 Dragonchilde Moving to Shoutouts Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:43:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1106324 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1106324 Originality Congratulations! :D Good luck on your noveling endeavors! Busy editing my novels as well...I'm definitely a proponent of "edit it yourself," at least until your plot is completely fixed and all you need is diction/grammar editing (i.e. why have an editor edit a novel if you will just change parts of the plot after?) My *new* blog for writers --&gt; Eluvian.blogspot.com Add yourself as a "lover" to subscribe. <a href="http://eluvian.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Click Here for my blog </a> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:48:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1106341 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/shoutouts/threads/49727?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1106341