As of about an hour ago, I reached 50,000 words! Of course, I'm so tired that it hasn't really registered and probably won't until I wake up tomorrow, but heck, I did it!
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| ShelbyDanvers | I did it! |
 74,510 / 50,000 Joined: Oct 2, 2007
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada Posts:
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Nov 21, 2007 - 03 54 |
As of about an hour ago, I reached 50,000 words! Of course, I'm so tired that it hasn't really registered and probably won't until I wake up tomorrow, but heck, I did it! |
53,312 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 07 57
Me too yesterday in the late afternoon. Now I am (gasp) letting someone else read it.
20,073 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 12 33
Congrats to both of you! I hope many of our fellow Calgarians will be joining your ranks soon! :-)
-----------Janna
NaNoWriMo Co-ML for Calgary
NaNoWriMo Moderator, Character & Plot Q&A
NaNoEdMo ML for Canada
ScriptFrenzy ML for Alberta
50,054 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 08 14
Holy cow... and I thought Nami's word count progress was insane!
----------Fantastic job, you two!
All stories are Anansi's stories...
50,578 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 16 12
COngrats to you two :) You are catching up ;) of course, I am no representation of what we have going on over in our threads, since I am way behind most everyone else...
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Nov 25, 2007 - 14 39
Finally, I too have finished. Hip hip and hooray. Not to sabotage my novel by adding a final chapter where the author celebrates his victory and talks to the characters... and then to start something way more fun to write
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Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past.
Wisdom is knowing you will be an idiot in the future.
Common sense is knowing you should try to not be an idiot today.
74,815 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 15 17
Although I hit 50,000 at mid month, I'm still writing. I need to update my word count. I've got a lot to do now that I have a skeleton of a book. There are certain issues I will need to deal with in the future.
Anyways, for everyone working out there: whether you've hit 50,000 K or not, there is a tremendous amount to learn within this process, so keep going for it! There is an entirely different switch which gets turned on when you turn off your editor and focus on word count.
Especially, I think that the advice to write everyday; even if it's only three hundred words is an excellent thing to keep in mind. It doesn't take long to forget things and become detached from the work in progress.
When you feel like you are empty and have nothing to write: write anyways because you can edit poorly written material, but you can't edit a blank page.
Blessings to all Nannowers out there!
Sandra E
50,073 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 22 45
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I'll get there soon, with at least ten twelve/thirteen/fourteen year olds right with me. It's fantastic.
Pour out a little liquor for me.
xxSerena
50,077 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 14 52
Yay to all of us! I managed to get it done too! Now to let the story rest for a couple months before I start editing the heck out of it.
50,213 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 17 24
Color me DONE. Congrats to all who made it to the winners lounge.
50,105 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 21 04
*pats self on back* About an hour ago, I topped the mark and managed to get the site to work to validate the text for me.
I hurt in all sorts of places, and I am so tired it's not even funy, but I did it.
Of course, now that means I have to catch up on everything I neglected. Oh well.
51,228 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 00 18
WAHOOO!!! I did it! I really did it!
Frankly, I can't believe that this book, which has lived in my brain for so long, is finally out on paper. This month was exactly what I needed to get the project done, instead of always 'meaning to' , 'wanting to', and 'wishing I could'. I actually did it and I am thrilled.
Congrats to all who finished and those who didn't -- even just attempting this lofty goal is worth celebrating.
50,056 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 08 03
I crossed the finish line on Monday. After a few days off I'm back at it to finish the last chapter. What a great experience!
50,377 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 01 55
I got there on the 28th - I think. Might have been the 27th. The last couple of days have blurred a bit.
Finally wrote "The End" about 12 hours ago.
Won't make it to the TGIO though, as I'm still too baked and have a lot of catching up to do on other things (groceries, bill paying & other minor necessitites of modern life)
50,154 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 02 11
YAY!
*dies of exhaustion* After 5010 words on Tuesday I honestly didn't think I'd make it but I did. Go Calgary!
50,255 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 14 03
I finished!
Of course, that's mostly because I got inspired at midnight last night and stayed up until 2:30 writing because of this.
So I was dead in class this morning.
But I finished. First win in four tries!
luv n' skittles,
~|azi|~
----------FebNo, 2005: The Tradition (10K/50K)
NaNo, 2005: Untitled (10K/50K)
NaNo, 2006: What do you mean, the Time-space continuum is tearing itself apart and I'm the only one who can stop it? I'm failing remedial Algebra! (20/50K)
50,358 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 20 55
OW!!! My fingers are cramping!
I had the day off of work today so that I could be here while a nice man replaced my broken furnace with a spanky brand-new one! I typed all day! and......BROKE 50,000!! WOOT.
I thought this year might be the first year I didn't finish! But just under the wire here I am! Now...I've got to go soak my fingers in epsom salts in an effort to try to regain feeling in them! :)
50,054 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 21 17
I did it did it did it! Oh my gosh, it still hasn't really sunk in yet... when it does, I'll be able to say something coherent. But until then...
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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
All stories are Anansi's stories...
50,149 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 23 12
Fifty-five minutes to spare, 16 000 words in the last three days.
I will admit this has been the busiest month of my life, for reasons that really had nothing to do with nano and everything to do with school. so I am extraordinarily pleased.
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20,073 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 00 04
Well, I didn't win this year, but I broke 20K, which is way better than I've done in a non-win year before! :-)
-----------Janna
NaNoWriMo Co-ML for Calgary
NaNoWriMo Moderator, Character & Plot Q&A
NaNoEdMo ML for Canada
ScriptFrenzy ML for Alberta
50,415 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 10 24
I just barely finished with half an hour left in the month. That was after I wrote almost 9,000 words in under five hours. Ah! Nobody thought I could do it but all you guys on the chat and for that I thank you. If you hadn't been there to keep me from wandering off and getting bored I wouldn't have finished at all!
50,578 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 22 44
Yay! Congrats to you all! Even those that did not finish! *Throws confetti in the air and hands out cookies* To those that did not win, you still wrote a lot of wrods, more than you probably would have if you had not attempted Nano! :)
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