Post here if you're not done and plan on continuing to write. Let me know when you want a word waron IRC if that helps.

If you miss having a progress bar, you might want to join critique circle, and set a monthly goal for December.

http://www.critiquecircle.com/monthlyprogress.asp?m=12&y=2014

You can also build your own word meter.

http://www.critiquecircle.com/wordmeterbuilder.asp

I'm not done, and I don't exactly plan on stopping, but I don't think I'm quite up for Critique Circle. I've been neglecting a lot of responsibilities this month so that I had time to write, and can't really continue that behavior without suffering serious consequences. I'm no where near having a polished manuscript, either; the kind of help I would need would be with scene blocking and plot hole filling.

Anobi wrote:I'm not done, and I don't exactly plan on stopping, but I don't think I'm quite up for Critique Circle.

You can join CC and just use the tools. If you don't post anything, you won't get critiques, and you won't have to return them. (I agree it's better to wait until you have time, and have something a bit more polished than a first draft.)

I'll be writing until I finish... for once. I have stopped every other time. I WILL finish this novel. I have a bottle of WKD Blue waiting for me to do so.

I'm about halfway through my novel, and I will definitely keep writing.

If you haven't finished before, and can keep going until you finish, you'll learn a lot that will make next year's NaNoWriMo easier. Even if you've finished before, finishing this year's novel will free up your mind for next year's effort. It's pretty common to get part-way through November and start thinking that your current idea isn't as good as you thought. It's just fatigue, but if you have a half-finished book, it's tempting to go back to that instead, losing all the momentum you have going for you.

Not to mention there is a joy in writing 'the end' that is pretty darn wonderful.

50k did not bring me to the end of my plot line. I will be still be writing.

Anobi wrote:I'm not done, and I don't exactly plan on stopping, but I don't think I'm quite up for Critique Circle. I've been neglecting a lot of responsibilities this month so that I had time to write, and can't really continue that behavior without suffering serious consequences. I'm no where near having a polished manuscript, either; the kind of help I would need would be with scene blocking and plot hole filling.

You should consider volunteering to do a Story Wall at the Journey meetings!

I should, and I did once, this past year. I'm just kind of disorganized and scatterbrained in everything I do, including story planning.