I did it!!

Self-imposed goal of 100 thousand words has just been met!  Take THAT, self!  Told you I could do it.

Now, all I have to do is put an ending on the story. Actually, that might take another ten thousand words.  But hey, since the goal has been met one and a half days early, I'll get to the end when I get to it.  But I'm hoping I'll get to it by next week or so.  Don't want to drag it out and eventually abandon the thing.

Official winner

And now it's official.  While I haven't quite reached the 100 thousand mark, in this contest, it's 50 thousand that matters.  And I nailed it.  In ten days.

I've got to say, though, with work being what it is (and God forbid I actually talk about it to anyone for fear of getting the boot), and the massive word count I've subjected myself to, I'm pooped.  I'm also stubborn, so I'll write something up here once I reach my goal, or once the month is over.

How did you guys do?

300 pages??

I have never in my life written 300 pages of anything, but today I reached it.

The story is shaping up nicely, and I really think I'll hit 100 thousand by the end of the month.  There's still 7 days left, right?  So I guess I've got about 2,400 words per day left to do.

Now let's get back to it.

Plugging through

210 pages so far.  59 thousand words.  You'd think I'm a little tired of writing right now, and you'd be correct.  But it's raining outside and ... blah blah.  Saving my words for the novel.  Not much else to report. Even though it's at the good part where stuff really starts happening, I'm having a bit of trouble keeping focused.

Passing 50k!

Just a quick note -- just realized I passed 50,000 words!

Very productive

Had a very good time at the write-in on Sunday.  It's not very often I get to hang out with people I have anything in common with (I've got to be honest -- most of my friends live out of town).  So, apparently, being around my fellow wrimos increased my productivity, and I did 5000 words with them.

The story is coming along.  I'm at 45k, and not even halfway through my outline.  My only real problem is that my characters are acting awfully wooden and they aren't talking to each other very much.  I have all 5 of my main characters introduced to the reader and to each other, but they aren't as friendly as I thought they would be.  I'm hoping they'll cooperate more when I edit the thing.

I've been averaging 5000 words a day since the 1st ... do you think I can hit 50,000 by the end of the day?  I think that would be sweet.

Hey!

My word count widget is working!!