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Old 12-01-2011, 02:46 PM   #51
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I got 50,009 words at 6 pm yesterday Mmmh, purple bar of goodness! The story is nowhere near finished but I think I'll use December to go back to last year's nano which has become my main WIP this year...
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Old 12-01-2011, 05:09 PM   #52
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I have to say -- I just looked at my buddy list, and I have more purple buddies this year than in any previous year. Congrats to everyone!
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Old 12-01-2011, 07:01 PM   #53
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Congratulations everyone!

I called this book done at 63,000 words, and managed get all my green squares this year!
Now I can do next year without obsessing over that :P
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Old 12-01-2011, 07:57 PM   #54
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Old 12-02-2011, 03:08 AM   #55
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Congratulations everyone!

I called this book done at 63,000 words, and managed get all my green squares this year!
Now I can do next year without obsessing over that :P
That's my goal for next year. I got 15 green squares, 11 yellow, and 4 orange. NO red! Go me!




And if anyone's curious, I compared the colours with my daily word counts:

Red = 0, of course
Orange = less than 500
Yellow = 500 to 1667
Green = more than 1667
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Old 12-03-2011, 07:52 AM   #56
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I validated on the 26th, lost about 800 words... (open office counts some weird things as words) Three years three wins, but this years work is only about half done, now to keep chopping away at it.

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Old 12-03-2011, 06:46 PM   #57
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Had to crank out over 7000 words on the last day to make it but I did it! Whew!!
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Old 12-04-2011, 02:08 PM   #58
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...I just realized from a post of Yeshanu's that I forgot to validate my work after hitting 50k. I'd been wondering why I hadn't gotten anything celebratory.

I guess that means I can't get access to any of the winner stuff, either. Ah well. I finished, so it's a win for me.
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Old 12-05-2011, 04:06 AM   #59
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I haven't posted here in a bit (derp) but I got to just over 50k around day 29. Congrats everyone :3
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Old 12-05-2011, 03:18 PM   #60
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Congratulations, everyone.

This was my first NaNo, and I am proud of myself for winning.

It exhausted me, though. Don't know how people get to 80 or 90,000 words lol.

Still, what an awesome experience. I loved every minute of it, and I am already excited about next year's.
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Old 12-05-2011, 10:28 PM   #61
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NO red! Go me!
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And if anyone's curious, I compared the colours with my daily word counts:

Red = 0, of course
Orange = less than 500
Yellow = 500 to 1667
Green = more than 1667
I had been wondering where the cut offs were for the other colours, thank you!
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Old 12-05-2011, 10:31 PM   #62
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...I just realized from a post of Yeshanu's that I forgot to validate my work after hitting 50k. I'd been wondering why I hadn't gotten anything celebratory.

I guess that means I can't get access to any of the winner stuff, either. Ah well. I finished, so it's a win for me.
It might be worth trying for the late validation workaround:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/t.../threads/45838

I don't know what the requirements are, or when the cut off is, but I can't see how it'd hurt to send it in
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Old 12-06-2011, 12:53 PM   #63
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It might be worth trying for the late validation workaround:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/t.../threads/45838

I don't know what the requirements are, or when the cut off is, but I can't see how it'd hurt to send it in
Thanks for the link! I'll have to give it a try. Hopefully she's not too overloaded with requests.
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Old 12-16-2011, 06:11 PM   #64
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Congrats to everyone who won NaNoWriMo 2011! I finished mine on day 29, so I'm a bit slower than most of you.

Also, if you competed and didn't win, you are to be congratulated on your effort. I didn't win until my second try, so you can do it next year! This was my second win out of 4 tries.
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