Current NaNoWriMo word count: 44,547
This has been a very strange NaNoWriMo. In all of the previous years’ stories, I started off really strong and began to get tired of the story as the month went on. (Life tip: If you ever want time to go more slowly, write 50,000 words of a new story in a month.) This year has been the opposite: I wasn’t too fond of the story when it started. What sounded awesome in the outline turned out to be not that great when fleshed out on screen. But because I must reach 50,000 at all costs, I continued to write through the boring scenes (and make them a little more interesting).
I think it was around Day 20 when the story finally started to get going (long after I had abandoned my outline completely), and it’s nowhere near complete. There is very little doubt in my mind that I will reach 50,000 before November 30, but I don’t know how many more words I will need to write before the plot is resolved. I also don’t know if I want to continue the story into December. I may just put it on hold indefinitely or continue to work on it at a slower pace.
This is weird because I normally finish my NaNo/Camp NaNo stories within the target word count. PAUL, which was written this past April, is the other exception; it’s still not finished to this day. I hate to have incomplete stories lying around, so at some point, I will finish them. I’m just not sure at what point that will be.
BTW, Happy Thanksgiving!
Great job getting so much written! Hopefully you’ll be happy with it in the end.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
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Thank you!
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You are almost there! Good luck :)Till now, I’ve about 10 or more stories written but they aren’t complete! I don’t get bored with them, it’s just that I get more interested in writing a new one. I’m getting over it now though, I’m completing my very first novel soon after Nano 🙂
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Exactly. I’m not bored with any of my ideas, but I am forced to put them aside so I can work on something else. My brain can only be pulled in so many directions before it gets stretched too thin. 🙂
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