Nov 29 2008
I DID IT!
I have never written so much in one day, ever.
This morning, my husband started singing, “Gotta write like the wind”–his own version of “Gotta ride like the wind”–and he isn’t signed up for NaNo. That was for my benefit.
One line in my story was: “Keep going! she told herself.” So I did. Here was today’s breakdown. I want a record of it somewhere to prove I wrote this much.
9:30am: 40,460
10am: 40,794 (334 words)
11am: 41,516 (722 words)
Noon: 42,381 (865 words)
1pm: 43,264 (883 words)
2pm: 44,278 (1,014 words)
3pm: 45,066 (788 words)
4pm: 46,028 (962 words)
5pm: 47,040 (1,012 words)
6pm: Same.
7pm: 48,196 (1,156 words)
8pm: 49,997 (1,801 words)
I typed the last word of my novella/short novel and found I had 49,997 words.
I showed my husband. He reached out and typed, “The very end.” That brought me to 50,000.
I did it!
The word count verifier at NaNoWriMo told me I had a different word count than Microsoft Word 2007 said I had. I added about 100 words and worked it out in the end.
Final count: 50,028 words… and the first draft of my novel is finished.
