So much for support groups. I have completely crashed out of the National Write a Novel in a Month project. At some point I told myself that Thanksgiving would be my time of last minute proliferation, but it wasn’t to be. . . for me, at least. Though I had all but forgot about my failed efforts, this note dropped in my inbox from one of the writers in FrontRow’s group:
Sunday night, 65,031 words (35,000 of those in just the last three days) with three more good hours of typing left in the evening. Unfortunately, I am not even 3/4 through the story. There’s still a hit-and-run, a murder and kidnapping to be written.
Did I mention that it’s a romance?
I also have a title for my next book: How I Ended Up Divorced From Writing 65,000 Words In One Month.
Too long?
So fearless novel writers for a month, tomorrow is the deadline. Who among you is still standing?
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I’m at almost 48,000 words. I’d say I’m still standing, but it’s actually more of a lean. I skipped a bunch of the middle (the total novel will probably be close to 65,000), so that I might have the joy of writing the ending during the last few days. That makes it easier :)
Congrats to all those who are still standing strong, and to those who gave it a solid shot!
Best, s.
You are all my personal heroes; stalwarts of ambition. Peter and I and other failures will drown our sloth in whiskey.
Finished at about 62,000 words. Went to the National site, registered on about 11/15 and on the 26th I cut and pasted my manuscript into the site’s page counter and received my “certificate”. If you want to see what it looks like, shoot me an email and I’ll send you the .pdf version.
Now…all I’ve got to do (all?) is clean up my copy. Yuk!!
I am obviously now in my rewriting phase, please correct the above to read:
How I Ended Up Divorced After Writing 65,000 Words In One Month
Actually, it’s now 75,000 words. Almost finished.
Good for you Elizabeth!