The End, bitches.
I finally finished the thing, and it felt really great. There's nothing quite like putting the words, "The End" on the page. This one's going to need a shitload of editing, and tons of problem solving, but the first draft, she is down on paper. Now comes the second most gratifying thing about NaNo: printing off the novel at work. Ah, nothing quite like physical proof of a month's worth of writing output and somewhat stealing my employer's printer ink. Doubly as satisfying.
So what did I learn this NaNo? That I can write a fairly okay book even if I'm not toally in love with it all the time (like I was with the last one). My biggest hurdle is keeping my butt in the chair, not the writing itself. I need to plan more during October, much more. Dance music is perfect writing music for me when there's no specific song/artist I want to write to.
No big life changing revelations, I suppose. Just small little ones. Like I really like doing NaNo, and I really like writing. I'm just loathe to devote my personal time on a regular basis to write. That's why NaNo works for me, because it's jumping into the deep end of the pool with no lessons; if you're determined enough, you'll learn to swim. And maybe you find you're a pretty good swimmer, and even if you're not Olympics-material, if you love swimming, then just do it regardless of what anyone thinks. I haven't had anyone read anything I've written except for the small blurbs I was putting on the NaNo website, and I haven't been doing that recently.
Anyway, I'm glad that I did it again this year, and didn't back out when it looked scary, or when I realized on October 28th that I was way under-prepared, and kept my promise to keep NaNo my focus.
Well, now what? I need to balance my checkbook, and do some Christmas shopping. Clean the bathrooms and go to the gym every day again (hopefully my ankle has healed over the last four weeks, and if not, I need to schedule a doctor's appointment to have it looked at). Start running again (God knows I can listen to Madonna more when I do that) and play Zelda a lot more.
All in all, it was a good month. Keep going if you're still writing your NaNovel, and if you've stopped, consider picking it up again. If you've never done it and have always wanted to write a book, start thinking about your 2007 NaNo now. NaNo's point is "if not now, when?" Maybe 2007 will be when you say "now". It's been my "now" for three years running, and I couldn't be happier!
NaNo Progress: 57,116/50,000 words done!
NaNo Word Count Ranking: 1,127/79,506 (top 1.42% of) total writers!
So what did I learn this NaNo? That I can write a fairly okay book even if I'm not toally in love with it all the time (like I was with the last one). My biggest hurdle is keeping my butt in the chair, not the writing itself. I need to plan more during October, much more. Dance music is perfect writing music for me when there's no specific song/artist I want to write to.
No big life changing revelations, I suppose. Just small little ones. Like I really like doing NaNo, and I really like writing. I'm just loathe to devote my personal time on a regular basis to write. That's why NaNo works for me, because it's jumping into the deep end of the pool with no lessons; if you're determined enough, you'll learn to swim. And maybe you find you're a pretty good swimmer, and even if you're not Olympics-material, if you love swimming, then just do it regardless of what anyone thinks. I haven't had anyone read anything I've written except for the small blurbs I was putting on the NaNo website, and I haven't been doing that recently.
Anyway, I'm glad that I did it again this year, and didn't back out when it looked scary, or when I realized on October 28th that I was way under-prepared, and kept my promise to keep NaNo my focus.
Well, now what? I need to balance my checkbook, and do some Christmas shopping. Clean the bathrooms and go to the gym every day again (hopefully my ankle has healed over the last four weeks, and if not, I need to schedule a doctor's appointment to have it looked at). Start running again (God knows I can listen to Madonna more when I do that) and play Zelda a lot more.
All in all, it was a good month. Keep going if you're still writing your NaNovel, and if you've stopped, consider picking it up again. If you've never done it and have always wanted to write a book, start thinking about your 2007 NaNo now. NaNo's point is "if not now, when?" Maybe 2007 will be when you say "now". It's been my "now" for three years running, and I couldn't be happier!
NaNo Progress: 57,116/50,000 words done!
NaNo Word Count Ranking: 1,127/79,506 (top 1.42% of) total writers!