I'm DONE!!!

I did it! I finished NaNoWriMo!

My official count says I wrote 50,911 words! Whoohoo!

I finished with 106 pages, and my 50,000th word was "family". :o)

My novel isn't yet finished, so I'll keep writing until I finish the first draft, but for right now, I'm completely thrilled that I've finished NaNoWriMo, and I can say "I won!" :-)

It feels great!

40K

I'm now over the 40K mark, and I'm in the home stretch! It feels good! :o)

Today I wrote 3437 words. I was aiming for 3000-4000 words. So, I met my goal. I could've wrote more, but I decided I was tired and needed to be done for today. Though, I'm considering going back to it later. I left my laptop out so that I could do that if I feel inspired. ;o)

Total Word Count is now at 41,485 words. Whoohoo!

Just 8515 words to go!!! :-D

Getting excited!

Now I'm getting excited! There are 6 more days left, and I'm almost at 40K. I can do this! I'm going to finish! :-)

Today:

Today's count: 2296 words
Total, so far: 38,048 words
Left to go: 11,952 words
Days remaining: 6

I'm tempted to write an extra 2000 words today, just to put myself over the 40K mark! LOL. We'll see. Gotta get some reading done, too. ;o)

Day 23

Today I didn't want to write. Where yesterday was an "energy writing day", today was a "wanna go to sleep instead" writing day. LOL

BUT, I persevered, and I got in my 2000+ words. So, without further ado, here are today's stats:

TODAY'S COUNT: 2293 words
TOTAL, SO FAR: 35,752 words (hit that 35K mark Chris Baty talked of! Yay!)
LEFT TO GO: 14,248 words
PAGES, SO FAR: 74 pages
DAYS LEFT TO GO: 7 days left

Counting Down

Well, the countdown has begun. We have just one week left of NaNoWriMo, and I'm starting to get nervous!

I hit 33,459 words, today, which leaves me with just 16,541 words left to write. I started in on the last 1/3 of my novel, too, so it's coming along.

But, I keep thinking, "Okay, I've got __ days left, and I have to write ___ words, so that's ___ words per day, and ..."

Ack!

I should relax. I'm not doing that badly. I worked it out, and I only need to write 2363 words per day, from here until next Thursday, to make the goal. That's not a huge amount... And, I've been averaging that, anyway -- when I actually sit down to write.

Here's where my panic comes into play! I don't always get to write! My husband has been on the Afternoon shift for the last two weeks (and, that's a *new* thing, as he's been on a straight Day shift for ages!), so it's completely screwing up my daily "routines". I don't feel I can write while he's home, so I'm left with an hour each day to pound out the words, before I have to get my kids from the bus. Then I can sometimes squeak in another hour, while the kids play Playstation. :-?

But, there are days when I just don't get the opportunity to write at all, and that freaks me out! If I get too many of those in the next week, I won't finish. I'd absolutely HATE it if I got to just 2000-ish words away from the goal, and then found no writing time, and missed the goal by just *that* much! How disappointing that'd be!

I'm not going to think like that, though! I'm going to think POSITIVE! I will complete NaNo! I will get in 2000 words every day, even if I have to stay up 'til Midnight to do it! LOL. :o)

I am bet & determined to win this thing! I can't come all this way and give up! I've told too many people that I'm doing this! LOL. To say "No, I failed", would just kill me! LOL

So, here's to a great 8 more days of writing like a mad-woman! ;o)

STATS:
Today's count: 2792 words
Total, so far: 33,459 words
Left to go: 16,541 words
Pages per day (approx.): 4
Pages total, to date: 68 pages

Beating the Blahs

Well, I didn't write all weekend because we went to visit my Dad. I didn't want to pack my laptop, and figured I'd not get any writing done, anyway, while there (which was probably a good guess). ;o)

Today, I sat down, and I pounded out my 2000 words. I calculated it today, and I need to write at least 2000 words per day from here, until the end of the month, in order to reach the 50,000-word goal. Doable, certainly, as long as I keep myself disciplined.

Today's new stats:
Words written/typed today: 2667 words
Total Pages completed, so far: 63 pages
Total - Word Count: 30,667 words
Days Left: 11
Words left to go: 19,333 words

HAVE FUN! * DON'T THINK! * DON'T CARE!

25K!

Well, I've done it! I've hit the half-way mark! Whoohoo!!!

I can do this! I really can do this! :-D

Today, I didn't want to write. I feel like I'm catching my husband's cold. My glands are swollen, and my head hurt. I just wanted to sleep. Writing was the last thing I wanted to do.
But, since I haven't written in 3 days, I figured I'd better force myself to do so, today. And, my goal, since I was slacking, was 4000 words.

I surpassed that, thankfully! I wrote 4599 words today, bringing my total word count to 25,272 words. Yippee!!!

So, my new stats:

Days Already Gone By: 13
Today's Count: 4599 words
Total Word Count, so far: 25,272 words
Total Words Left to Go: 24,728 words
Days Left of NaNoWriMo: 17