NaNoWriMo, day twenty-six
…and it’s done! 50,153 words, story not finished, not sure I actually want to finish it. I’ve got too many ideas for better stories I had while I was writing it, but could hardly change over to with 30,000 words written.
No, you’re not going to see the novel. You wouldn’t like it anyway. I suspect some of the good bits will end up in other stories of mine later though. Overall, NaNoWriMo has accomplished its purpose for me. It’s made me write, got the juices all flowing again. Now I can sit down and plan my next series for the h2g2 Post in relative comfort, knowing that if I can churn out an almost-readable 50,000 word part-novel in a month, I can certainly do 30,000-odd words in much more time than that and make them reasonably readable.
I’m going to go and grin a lot now. Please excuse me, and also visit my writing for NaNoWriMo page to see the official winner’s icon!
I offer you congratulations along with no small amount of envy.
Comment by clc — Thursday, 27th November 2003 @ 0:26
Why thankyou!
Comment by MaW — Thursday, 27th November 2003 @ 7:36
It really is amazing. I, as you know, am hopeless at writing to deadlines. My short stories invariably take months (and are usually only about half the length of your novel).
It’s just a shame we won’t get to read it. I’ll have to look forward to your next series of short stories instead.
Comment by Richard — Saturday, 29th November 2003 @ 0:10
It’s not a shame you won’t get to read it, because it really is absolutely dreadful you know.
Comment by MaW — Saturday, 29th November 2003 @ 7:59