My very first writing goal has been accomplished!

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Now I'm not normally the type of person to make New Years Resolutions, but this year I made a goal of completing the first draft of my very first wip by mid July. I was very doubtful that I would make the goal because this has been by far the worst/hardest year of my 22 years of life. This year as seriously been one for the record books.

Several months ago I joined this site looking for advice from fellow writers. Today I have officially finished the first draft of my first novel using the advice from this site and it's not even July yet!

I honestly could not have done it without the loads of information that resides in the minds of you crazy awesome people :D

Now I am off to edit the shit out of it :)
 

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Congratulations, Calyn!
 

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Congrats! This calls for dancing!

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

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That's a great accomplishment. Try to celebrate before diving into the edits - letting the MS "cool off" for a while will help you see better what needs work.
 

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:hooray: There's nothing quite like finishing that first one, is there? :)
 

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That's quite a feat! Congrats! You have made it farther than 95% of the people who want to write a book.
 

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WOOOHOOO Congrats!! Don't it feel awsome finishing that first WIP? :)
 

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Definitely congratulations! :snoopy:
 

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That's so wonderful! Great! Awesome!
 

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Congratulations!!! :D
 

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Thanks everyone! I don't think I've felt this proud of myself in a while! I never thought the day would come when I would actually complete a wip. I decided to take the past few days away from writing to relish in the joy! I'm going to start editing this weekend. I'm sure what to expect though...[runs off to put the search feature to good use]

Thanks again dudes and dudettes :)
 

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Thanks everyone! I don't think I've felt this proud of myself in a while! I never thought the day would come when I would actually complete a wip. I decided to take the past few days away from writing to relish in the joy! I'm going to start editing this weekend. I'm sure what to expect though...[runs off to put the search feature to good use]

Thanks again dudes and dudettes :)

That works out well, because it's a good idea to take a break after finishing your first draft before you dive back into edits. :) Helps give you fresh eyes on the whole thing. Have fun!