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[Darkmere]

3232 words today!

I am doing this. I am making this happen.

That's awesome, and you're awesome.

[Darkmere]

Sorry for doubleposting buuuuuut....



Totally worth it.

[Sappho]

3232 words today!

I am doing this. I am making this happen.

That's awesome, and you're awesome.

And YOU'RE awesome, partly for being so encouraging along the way, partly for kicking ass at NaNoWriMo, and partly for being awesome.

[WillowLuman]

Let's change the thread's epithet to "- Home Stretch: Keep writing!"

[Digital Hellhound]

IT'S PARTY TIME, CHUMPS

There's no better motivation than other people finishing theirs. That's also to all of you who haven't hit 50k yet. But now, WINNER'S PARTY AWW YEAH

[inEQUALITY]

But now, WINNER'S PARTY AWW YEAH

Hehe, my form of a winner's party was letting myself buy Skyrim from XBL Games on Demand today. I feel like I deserve some kind of reward for having won NaNo.

By the way, everyone who's still trying to hit their goal; I'm cheering you on! You guys are awesome and you will make it!

[Sappho]

3007 words today, a mere 1513 words away from par. Tomorrow I'll catch back up, and finish in the nick of time!

I've already decided to reward myself with the purchase of a video game when I win. I had been planning on finally getting Triple Town, but my addiction to that game seems to have worn off. Maybe I'll just watch the Steam sales and grab something nice when it comes up. Most of the games I really want to play aren't released yet... I'm waiting on Stardew Valley and Starbound, but I was going to buy those anyway. I guess my reward should be something I might not have paid for if I hadn't won... Which covers a lot, since I don't usually buy games except in the occasional bundle.

[Skyrunner]

Dawn of the 29th day. 2 days remain

[Sirus]

Dawn of the 29th day. 48 hours remain

fix'd

[Skyrunner]

Haha, never played the game myself xD

[Willfor]

Yes, it is two days until PeFNFiNaNoNoWriMo begins for me.

(Penance For Not Finishing NaNoWriMo Novel Writing Month)

[Sappho]

I just crossed that glorious gray line and got back above par. I have less than 1500 words to write to finish. I'm considering even just pushing through and doing it tonight, but first I'll take a long break. I've been writing about 3000 words per day all week, so 1500 seems like nothing to me now.

I'm going to do it! Mania and all, I have caught back up, and I'm just shy of the finish line now. And to make it even better, I'm finally getting some interesting stuff actually happening in my story. Here's a sample of something I enjoyed writing and I think it will require very little editing when the time comes... I just need to find another word to replace "squirrels" with, because it appears far too often.

Spoiler: Squirrels (click to show/hide)

“I don’t know what to do,” he whined. “She’s lost and I don’t know where she is, and I don’t know where I am, and I don’t know what to do.”

One of the squirrels hopped towards him. “I understand,” it said.

Honza sniffled. “You do?”

“Sure!” The squirrel was beaming with pride. “Sometimes I bury the nuts, then it snows, then I can never find the nuts again.” The other squirrels muttered their agreement with this profound statement. “But it’s okay,” said the squirrel. “There are always more nuts.” It gave him the squirrel equivalent of a reassuring grin.

Unfortunately, Honza was not placated. He roared at the little creature. “My sister isn’t a nut! She’s my sister, and there’s only one of her in the whole wide world, and if I can’t find her, I…” He couldn’t even begin to imagine what would happen then. “I just have to find her!”

Most of the squirrels did not quite sympathize. The smallest one, however, thought it might have an idea. “I had a mommy once,” it said nervously. “Then she went away. And there’s more squirrels, but they’re not her.”

The others stared in amazement at the little one’s words. None of them had thought to compare the “girl” to a squirrel. Suddenly, they each gained an inkling of understanding of what this boy was experiencing.

The largest one came forward. First, it gently scolded the little one for thinking of these big animals as being in any way equivalent to squirrels. On the other hand, it acknowledged that this boy was probably feeling something similar to squirrel-loss, and that was certainly not the same as nut-cache-forgetting.

Honza filled with hope. “So… Does that mean you’ll help me?”

Once again he was met with blank stares. Finally, one of them spoke: “Why?”

Honza sighed. Stupid squirrels, he thought, and pulled the bag of trail mix out of his backpack. Suddenly, he found himself with an eager band of assistants.

[Darkmere]

Hah, that's pretty accurate for squirrels, yes. It seems like your narrative is flowing well by this point and more importantly you got back on track to win! That's great! I found the same thing near the end, writing 2 or 3 thousand words a day doesn't feel daunting anymore, which I guess was the point, right?

Either way, your seat and majestic posing station in the winner's circle awaits!

[Sappho]

I'm actually tearing up right now. The book is nowhere near finished, of course, but I now have just over 50,000 words, after a single month. I wrote more than 17,000 words in the last week alone, and overcame some serious hurdles to do that. I now know that I am actually capable of sitting down and writing a few thousand words every single day, even when I don't feel like it.

I think I will actually donate to NaNoWriMo in thanks for their excellent web site. And many thanks to all of you on here who kept encouraging me, even when I was feeling awful. You guys are AWESOME.

[Xantalos]

November 30th and I haven't written past 10 words.
Ah well. Unless I can write literally all weekend and somehow write 50,000 words in 2 days I don't think I'll be making it this year.
...
I'll let you know how it goes.