I had the opportunity, I had the time, and generated better than 2,800 words of story to break the 50,000 word barrier.
It feels good to hit such a major milestone. However, I now have to keep that same resolve to finish the novel. I originally thought the story might turn out to be a 110K tome, but in following the outline, I now think it’ll be only take another 30–35,000 words to complete it. This means I’m comfortably past the halfway mark.
The goal now is to finish the story by the weekend before Christmas. It’s totally doable. I’ll be out of work after December 14th (no, it had nothing to do with NaNoWriMo), so I’ll have plenty of time.
I’ll put it away until after the New Year, and while I’m looking for work, I’ll also start the dreaded revision process. There’s kind of a theme here…don’t you think?
November 29, 2007 at 10:21 am |
Congrats!
You are on your way to publishing a new “War and Peace”?
I wish you much success in finishing your novel.
I wish I had your stamina.
~Dave
November 29, 2007 at 10:45 am |
Thanks Dave.
I think it has less to do with stamina and more to do with deciding to turn off the idiot tube, cut way back on ‘net surfing and just glue my butt to the seat and give that time and attention to my passion.