Hey everyone, this little thread is a party for those of us who have made the halfway point: 25k!
Good job and keep up the goodness!
Welcome to the party. Now, get up out of your chair, do a little dance, treat yourself to a cookie, then get back to work!
Halfway done, folks. It's all downhill from here!
:)
::cranks the dance-party tunes::
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"If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad."
~Lord Byron
50,168 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 19 18
I hope to join the party sometime tomorrow. When I do, I'll make sure I break out my kick-ass Frankenstein-the-Marionette dance (hint: you must be a middle-aged, middle-class white boy to even attempt these moves. Anyone else would burst into flames from the sudden influx of anti-cool particles).
50,140 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 23 03
*bounces merrily in her seat*
Enough mad jubilation, I must return to writing!
50,168 / 50,000
Nov 15, 2007 - 17 38
Ding!
In honor of my accomplishment, I am going to share my Frankenstein-the-Marionette dance step with all of you:
1. Hold your hands at your sides, about waist-high, and about six inches away from your hips.
2. Imagine a string connecting each hand to your hipbones.
3. Use your right hand to pull on the right hip's imaginary string, causing your hip to lurch to the right side. Your torso will correspondingly lurch leftwards. Repeat the hip-tugging motion in two or three quick jerking motions.
4. Pause, then perform the same motion with your left hand, causing your body to reverse its horrible lurching motion. Again, make the hip-pull an arhythmic pulsing.
Rinse and repeat indefinitely (or until your significant other tells you to stop because you look like a complete idiot).
50,087 / 50,000
Nov 16, 2007 - 13 09
Hahahaha, that's brilliant.
Welcome to the party :)
50,001 / 50,000
Nov 16, 2007 - 17 59
Woo hoo! Just made the halfway point, only 19 hours behind!
50,050 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 20 45
I made it halfway!!!! yeah!! happy dance happy dance!!!
45,356 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 22 25
HAPPEE DANCE OH MY GOD! <3
Only 24000 words to go!
29,081 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 22 25
Better late than never. My new goal is get as far beyond 30,000 as I can by the end.
50,087 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 07 50
Woohoo, grats on halfway! That's an excellent goal. Good luck!
: )
50,168 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 12 16
25k is pretty incredible, once you step back from the NaNo world and look at it objectively. Good luck with the rest of your story, no matter how long it takes!
15,203 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 21 53
Well, yeah...I'm...not going to get there by the end of the month. I let myself get distracted at various points. But I'm gonna hit 50k+ because my story deserves it. Looking at past completed stories, what I've got so far is the longest story I've written, so that's a start.
Congrats to those who won...and...well hit halfway too. Cause ya beat me so far.
50,087 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 07 17
Yeah, the first couple years I did Nano I got distracted, too. My first attempt I only hit 13,000 words so you are beating my first effort! If you just try to beat your previous word count each year you will eventually make 50,000. Keep up the good work, Mike, because I really want to read your story!
29,081 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 23 21
Mike, as the Brits say, "Press on."
For me, it's two words: Kansas Basketball.
It's not the reason I didn't make it but it did have a negative impact on my word count. What can I say? I refuse to give it up.
Next year, I need to do better time/word count management.
I need a 4000 word day tomorrow to get to 30000. I have serious doubts.
45,356 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 23 39
Hey, I still need over 10k by midnight tomorrow to "win" this. Can I do it? Will it harm me not to? Either way, I'm pretty proud of how far I've come thusly, and I still have gotten farther on this than on any other story I've ever written. Hell, I don't even know if I have 10k words of story left in the story I have.
And you were right Ted: I do feel better knowing that I didn't just give up.
15,203 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 01 49
You can do it! And if so, that's a LOT of words.
50,168 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 07 50
10k is a lot, but it's not insurmountable. At the very least you can give it a try, right?
Good luck!