Post-NaNo slump?

Not this year (I didn't have time for actual NaNo) but the first year I did NaNo, I still had about 20k to write in December to finish the novel.

I think what you're doing is what worked for me - just keeping going. I know from other years, that if I allow myself to take a few days off, it's so much harder to get back into it.

You're almost there! And maybe once you pass the finish line on the novel, you could take a week or so off leading up to Christmas?

At least you're still going. Even if it's at a slower pace, you will eventually finish the book if you keep writing.

I haven't even touched my NaNo book since last week, when I ended November with 60k. I know there's a lot left to write, but bleh. It doesn't help that I also pulled out a project that I'd set aside for NaNo. I'm less sick and tired of that one, so it's getting all my attention (though I told myself I would divide my time evenly--I'm such a liar).

I reached the word count about 20 days in, got to about 60K by the 30th.. and STILL wasn't done with my story! So I totally hear ya. I ended up writing about 7K more before I finished two days ago, but I'll admit, it was mostly just to say "I'm done."

Writing 50K in a month, as I'm sure we all know, is exhausting, so I applaud your effort to continue writing your novel into December. You will finish it!!

Yeah, I miss the energy of NaNo. I did 121k in just over three weeks. Not sure I could do that so easily on my own.

But I agree with what some of the others said, that you just have to keep going, keep writing every day. That's what I'm doing for the Nano book I didn't finish.

It's helpful for me to keep setting high personal goals and attacking them the way I did during Nano. I signed up for Milwordy, but you could just as easily set any goal you want, even just a firm deadline to finish your Nano novel by. I've found it's helpful for the goal to be a little challenging, though. A harder goal is both more satisfying to achieve, and harder to procrastinate over because you know that if you fall behind it will be very difficult to make up. But maybe it's just me who needs that for motivation, lol.

I've been getting as much of my short fiction work into submission as possible... it's important writing-related work that isn't actually writing.

I'm there too - won NaNo but not quite finished with the novel yet, and I've only written 2000 words since that. I also finished early. Know what to write, but have let myself rest a bit, have had sick kids (miracles do happen - they only got sick after I finished - didn't expect that!) and whatnot.
Am determined to complete by new year, though.

Keep going, Corussa!

I'm currently doing the slowest read-through anyone's ever done. (About a page a day.) Not even editing, just reading through my first draft and noting down what needs changing. It's like crawling across a field of broken glass...err, not that I'd know what that feels like. But I imagine it'd take me just as long. So no, you're definitely not alone.

Not just you, Corussa, me too. I really slowed after Dec.1, but I'm not beating myself up about it because I'm really happy I now have a 65k first draft to build on - I'm hoping to finish the first draft today.

Like you, I'm not reading any of what I wrote yet (although I have spent a bit of time revising the chapter structure with the benefit of hindsight). I'm going to do a little more research but then I'm going to make myself have a break from it, revise some short fiction and poems, and then look at it again in a few weeks.

I'd suggest that it doesn't matter how rough the first draft feels when you get to it, the really telling work will be what we do next. Keep going, eh!

Still plugging away. Doing lunchtime sessions at work too. That's helping because it's on my new netbook, so I've got the novelty factor of playing with that, which helps keep me going.

Since nano ended I have only managed 14k. I totally feel your pain. I set a goal for myself, I want to finish before I travel later this month. Nano was easier because of the company. I just have to remember if I push through.

I made the rookie mistake of taking Dec 1st off. I lost momentum, now I just need to keep going. Only another 30k.