I finished NaNoWriMo on November 25. When I uploaded the file and they validated the word count, they gave me some handy-dandy little badges, suitable for posting, as they say.And am I glad I'm done. 50,000 words in one month is a lot, even when the words aren't prime and mine aren't. A lot of editing awaits me, as well as finishing the end of the story. I outlined to the end because 52,064 words is enough for now.
Now it's back to the salt mines. Finishing the Pumpkinnapper edits and the never-ending round of promotion. I hope everyone in the States had a good Thanksgiving.
Thank you all,
Linda
5 comments:
Linda, I knew you'd do it! You had great wordcounts at the beginning, and I'm convinced that's the key. Congratulations!
Helen
Thanks, Helen.
You finished, too. Congratulations.
Hi Linda, do you think - now NaNoWriMo is over - that writing like this helps you? Will you do it again? Is it something you can build into your regular writing life, or simply too all consuming?
Jen
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Congratulations, Linda! I've never participated in NaNo because I write too slowly and am too particular--can't seem to turn off my internal editor--but I admire those who do! They seem to accomplish so much as you have demonstrated.
Jen, I'm not sure if I will do NaNoWriMo again. The good part is, I now have kind-of a novel and something to work with. The bad part is, it requires a lot of editing, and pantser that I am, I may throw a lot out.
The important thing to learn from NaNoWriMo is you have to write SOMETHING, even if it's terrible. I rewrite a lot anyway. But I have to write before I can rewrite.
Joanna, thanks. Turning off the internal editor is difficult. But since I rewrite so much, I'm probably better off writing something, anything, than sitting there doing nothing.
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