Post NaNo Word Count

50,400 so far and I still have about 5-10 to go, got the big finale finally worked out. The I hav to go back and add in a bunch of stuff that I realize I left out.

Funny, but after Nano I have absolutely zero urge to pick it up and finish it, I keep inventing excuses to work on it.. Guess the drive and enthusiasm will come back.

I haven't written anything since last Wednesday. Right now I'm torn between continuing my NaNo story and going back to the novel I've been trying to finish by the end of the year. I want to finish both, but it probably makes more sense to go back to the novel I've been working on all year since it's earlier in the timeline.

The post-Nano syndrome is interesting, isn't it. The first time I participated, I started revising and re-working my novel the day after I finished it. I think it was because that was my favorite one. This one is incomplete, so it's not ready for revision. I guess I'm not motivated this second to write 30K more words...

So my plan is to go back and finish that first one. Really get it polished. Then I can re-tackle this year's.

I'm going to finish this one in december. I've joined Smiley10000's post Nano word count thread in the round table forum and I've pledged to add 10K a week. Then I'll go back and edit my pre-NaNo work.

I used Nano to crap out the basics, and now I'm starting from page 1 with my internal editor turned ON - so I can use what I wrote. So far I'm 6k into it with the editor plugging away.

He's really pissed, too

*wonders why her internal editor would be a 'he'*

MidnightMuse said:

*wonders why her internal editor would be a 'he'*

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Hey, my muse is a werewolf, so I wouldn't worry about it.

At the moment I think he's off chasing rabbits or something. I haven't felt like writing anything since last week, though that's not too unusual for me. Sometimes after pushing myself creatively I need to take a break before diving back in. At least I've been coming up with ideas for how to write the next scene in the novel I've been working on all year.

TheIT said:

Hey, my muse is a werewolf, so I wouldn't worry about it.

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Good, 'cause he's REALLY good looking ! I keep him around as my editor because, even when he's telling me I've written crap - he's so cute about it, I can forgive him anything.

I should name him some day. Right now I call him Jimmy.

Current word count for today is in my sig line. Right now, I am getting through the midbook hell and I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel (or that could be a train, not sure).

My goal is to finish this "thing" by the end of December or January at the latest. So far, I've kept up my production because:

A - I like the characters and want to see where they end up
B - I said I would write 1K/day or 7K/week, so I have to keep that up
C - I knew that if I took a day off, that would be the excuse I needed to loaf
D - All of the above

Now to see how this all works out tomorrow after I go back to work after being on vacation...

Karen

Still working on mine but it's teeny bits at a time. I'd like to finish the 1st draft with my IE stilll locked up because I really enjoyed the surprise of where the story went. 'Course I have to make it thru finals (this weekend!) then I'm done with the distraction of school and get more time to spend on my manuscript --that's the plan, anyway....

Up another 1000 words. Kind of getting back into it again. I want to finish this sucker..at least the first draft, then put it away for a while and come back with fresh eyes.

Sage said:

My muse is actually named after a muse. But she's basically a 200-year-old child, which may explain some things about my writing.

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My muse is an elf named after a Greek goddess, and she carries a bow and a spear and knows how to use them, which is maybe why I wrote 13k last week...

Current word count is about 38,500. Right now, I've got a spear pointed at my heart, so I think I'd better get off AW and into my NaNo document...

Go for it, Yeshanu! 38,500? You're getting within striking distance now. Ah, of 50,000 words, that is, not the spear and your heart.

Good luck to you and to everyone else on their projects! I've decided to go back to my fantasy novel WIP. Because of the time spent on NaNo, I'm resetting my finish line to try to hit "THE END" by the end of February. At the moment I've got four beginnings of novels; I just want to get to the end of SOMETHING.

I'm still working on mine, but haven't added much to the wordcount. I'm relaxing by doing research and creating back stories--and secret societies

I've decided to attend a conference in July to pitch my story, so now I have a firm deadline. Hopefully it'll encourage me instead of terrify me

Finally wrote something last night which should get me back to my original project, and learned a valuable lesson. I was playing with clay (lots of presents to make), and the MC of my other project suddenly spoke up. She's a sculptress, too. So that was a useful lesson to me. Sometimes one art can translate into another.

60,000 just hit the mark last night. still seems like I have so far to go, what up with that yo? How many word is the average novel?

Welcome to AW, Gray! Congrats on 60K!

I think the Writing Novels forum has the threads with the usual word counts for types of fiction. From what I remember, for a novel it's between 80K - 100K. Note that's for a published work which has gone through a revision process, not a first draft.

For me, I write wordy first drafts. My NaNo novel is about 50K right now, but I think I'm only halfway through the story. I expect during revision I'll be doing a lot of surgery on it.

I'm still working on mine....but the pace is a LOT slower than it was for NaNo. I'm nearly finished with it...and then I have a LOT of revision and editing to do.
Woo hoo! lol

I'm aiming for 80K, but who really knows where I will end up?

Haven't written yet today (trying to decompress from the work week here) and I'm hungry, so the writing may come around midnight tonight. Who needs sleep anyways? It's so overrated...

Karen

I have opened the file a little. Did a little editing. My heart just isn't in it. I know where I need to get to and I know where I am but there is this grand canyon sized hole infront of me .
I think I may just leave the hole and write the ending. The work needs A LOT of editing (toss pages in the air and put them back together in an entirely different order type of editing) If I can say it's (sort of) done. I can get started on that.

Then I put it away and wait for it to ferment...
My other WIP is calling my name too...
10000

I'm sitting at +/- 50750.


I've heard back from... *counts* Three of my beta readers. Waiting on the 'editors', which is gonig to take longer because I requested No Mercy.

I've done some work on it, including marking scenes for deletion and playing with plot. I get a month of break starting the 15th, so I'm going to really turn on my IE then. I'm actually really excited about it.


Current projects:
"Daggers and Shadows" - short story being written as a Christmas gift for The Girl.
"Meetings on Trains" - short story about Kat & Desi, which is an exercise in capturing character.
"that damn centaur story" - short story. basically smut. but fun. belongs to The Girl, but I promised to help her finish it.
"Dream Shoals" - short story/one shot/flash fiction. it's a fanfiction, to my shame, but useful for reducing exam stress.
various poetry.

I've written a grand total of 5K since NaNo. Life sort of exploded around me. It hasn't been fun. I'm looking forward to things settling down. Please God. Let my life return to normal.