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Have you run into any issues? Or just a lack of omph?
You might try
www.750words.com
If you write 750 words, you 'win' for the day. And it's fun to have a streak going--sometimes that is all that is needed to keep going--some little thing that rewards you for keeping at it.
If you don't have an outline, try to sketch out the next few chapters including the ending. That might make it easier to go back and fill in the details.
You learn a lot by finishing the book.
If you have an issue, try asking for help here, or the jabber chat on Thursday evenings, or join the people at Caribou in Glen Elyn on Sunday evenings, or we can Google IM some time.
Hang in there!
People still do the meetups after Nano is over??
I'm not having any specific issue. I'm just losing the focus and motivation that propelled me through November. It's getting harder to stay consistent. After I miss a day or two i lose interest and it takes way more effort to get back. Im still in love with my story, but it is hard to stay motivated and excited now that Nano is so far over. Maybe I need to reframe my perspective and start thinking of myself as a writer, instead of somebody just doing a nano challenge LOL.
I just gotta focus. And keep going. And keep going. And keep going. Until i reach that point where I can finally write The End.
I have never heard of www.750words.com. What a cool idea. I will definitely register for that.
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Aw that makes me feel sad. Hope you get back into it!
Good luck with Finals!
Yes, some people are still meeting on Sunday evenings--ThePiretess, Sarastirsyou, Evelyn, Sapphire (I think), others. I may even make it occasionally (but only when my daughter doesn't need to go back to IMSA on Sunday evenings since it's the opposite direction.
Thinking of yourself as a writer is good.
Seems like you're able to write, so 750words.com might be enough to keep you writing daily until you're done.
Good luck.
It really does feel marvelous to finish the first draft.
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havnet even touched my draft in two weeks. :( I think i failed
To be fair, I didn't touch mine either during the whole of the holidays. But then sat down to wite I got close to 2,000 done and I've paved the way to the final conflict of my novel! All is not lost. :)
I just wrote the last few pages today during school. I am done. I can't believe it! To be honest, I didn't add much after November. I didn't realize how close I was to being done. Since I always intended this to be the series, I found a new place to end the first one that makes it more exciting and will make the second one much smoother-and longer, but that's okay. I figure my first one can be a short intro. I can't believe it's finished. I just have to type the last two pages and I'm done.
Well. Then I have to start revising. I already have a mental list of scenes to add. Right now I finished an anorexic story. I have to feed it a bit more to get it healthy-sized, but it's done. It's alive. And I can breathe the huge sigh of relief I've been holding since November 4th. :)
I just wanted to come back and thank everyone for supporting me all throughout this process-if not for this regional forum, I would definitely not have finished NaNo, never mind made it this far! :)
Thank you everyone!<3
Congratulations and good luck!
Forgot to post this! I finally got the exciting conclusion and denouement finished on Monday. Now I just need to put in a couple of missing scenes (which require, oddly enough, missing research) and then let the thing sit for a bit before diving into revision.
Current word count, according to Scrivener: 84,106.