I did it the other night but I didn't get the chance to update my word total til today. I feel pretty happy about it, but the story is really nowhere near being complete. I wont be finished with it this month, but I'm hoping to break 60k before the end. We'll see... I hope everyone else is doing well though.
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If there is no tomorrow, then today must count for a lot more than I'm making it out to.
55,054 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 13 15
It's a great feeling, isn't it. I finished in at 54,996 words. I am ecstatic. Might actually try to take my NaNo work to Dratt Two after the holidays.
----------A little ignorance goes a long way.
50,358 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 17 26
Merry hi!
I hit 50K this afternoon! Yay! My "novel" needs a lot more work, but after dinkin' around with outlines and notes for the last couple of years, I'm happy to finally have a draft to work on. If there's a celebration planned somewhere in NW Tucson, let me know! I kept thinking I'd get to a write-in, but the nights I see them being held are nights I've got other things going, so I haven't managed it. I could make a party on Friday the 30th or Sunday the 2nd, but not on Saturday the 1st ....
Blessings,
----------Ashleen
meet me at www.AshleenOGaea.com
55,499 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 23 00
Huzzah!
Might just have to make this our Tucson "I did it!" topic!
Congratulations to all our Tucson winners.
Congratulations to all our Tucson starters. Writing anything on a novel is more than most people will ever attempt, and whether you hit 50K in the month or not, you're ahead of the game just for deciding to do it.
----------"We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing."
2006 - The Daedalus Child - Winner.
2007 - Lana's Pack - Winner.
73,804 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 20 55
Yeah, I was thinking about that. I'd love to get together for a party to commemorate the end of Nanowrimo. Only thing is I don't know if I'll have the time to go all the way down town for it. If anyone else has an idea for a party on the northwest side I'd be up for it.
----------If there is no tomorrow, then today must count for a lot more than I'm making it out to.
50,377 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 21 02
Oooh, oooh, I made it to the purple bar club!! Wow! Mine needs a TON of work, and probably at least another thousand words, but for tonight I'm done! Woohoo!
I have to add that I only made it because I was able to get to some of the write-ins. I can't begin to tell you how helpful and fun that was for me!
----------2007 -- Cafe & Chalk
2006 -- unnamed (IIRC) and unfinished
2005 -- unnamed (IIRC) and unfinished
2004 -- REACHED 50K ON THE FIRST TRY!!
50,023 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 20 24
Yay! It's not a complete story yet, but it's 50k! Hopefully I'll be able to use the habits I've developed here to finish it... hopefully. Is there an after NaNo writing program?
50,104 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 22 59
And a miracle occurred!
This has been the strangest NaNo ever for me. I started out just fine, did no writing for over a week in the middle, determined to catch up in the final week, got food poisoning Monday night which pretty much eliminated doing anything Monday or Tuesday but, just when I thought there was no hope at all, we got told we could leave work at 4 o'clock today. So, with 8 hours before midnight, I had to give it a try.
And I did it! You have no idea how good it feels to have won this year.
Elise