As I write this it is close to midnight on the Nov. 30th. I contemplated doing NaNo for a long time, but I wasn't sure I could. The best I had ever done (in a day) before the month of November was 2,000 words. Since I don't write on weekends I needed to write 2,300 words a day, not to mention somehow make up for the six days I would spend in Colorado.
I really doubted myself in the beginning, but I thought I would try it for a few days and see how it went. I was so inspired by everyone's enthusiasm and drive that I couldn't not give it a shot. Well it turns out that I'm capable of a lot more than I thought I was becasue as of now, I am a NaNoWriMo winner!!
Yup, I got my certificate and can call myself a finisher. There where more than a few days when I wanted to bang my head against the keyboard, especially when I got to the climax of my story. I don't know why I have such a hard time writing that part of a book, but I do. Still, I managed to pull out four or five thousand words on some days, which was a huge stepping stone for me :)
So did I finish my Novel? Not completely, I probably have anywhere from 2,000- 3,000 words left which will put my word count at 77-78,000. Not. Too. Shabby.
Anyway, cheers to everyone who won! I think I'm going to take December off :)
19 comments:
Wow, sending a Coffee Toast your way ... Cheers :)
Congratulations!! Definitely take a break and celebrate! :)
Rock on! Super congrats. Now get some rest--put it in a drawer~ :o)
I knew you could do it! Congrats.
I took last night off. Tonight, I'm sprinting again and keeping my momentum going.
Was there any doubt that you would make? Not from this end! That's an impressive word count. :)
You are a rock star! Congratulations! I'm with David, VERY impressive word count.
Well done! Enjoy not writing for a while, but I bet you won't last the whole of December before you want to get back to it.
I'm taking a deep breath of relief for you! What a fun accomplishment! (Oh, I love your new background)
Wow! Good for you...I was too much of a wimp to commit, but I was inspired and wrote a lot more than I usually do. CONGRATS!! It must feel soooo good.
78,000 words in one month? That's mind blowing!
Congratulations! :) And wow--that's an awesome word count!
That's awesome! Congrats.
Good on you! I knew you'd finish. That's an awful lot of words to have written. You really do deserve to have December off.
Congratulations!
Jennie, Congratulations! You are much braver than I am. Thank you for sharing you journey. I enjoyed reading your comments.
Well done! You must be so pleased that you stuck with it! I am sure that you will have a great novel out of this one day.
Wordsmith x
So you not only won, but evidently you won big! Congrats!
Just giving you a heads up; you've gotten another blog award :) NaNoWriMo kicked my butt, but I'm recovering, too (and vowing to finish my project, dangit!)
Again, congrats on winning NaNo! Didn't get to it this year but I'm hoping to try for 2012....I've never done it before.
It was wonderful to meet you at Ali's launch today! Looking forward to more posts :).
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