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Sunday, November 28, 2004 Doing the Happy Dance Yay! Last night at approximately 11:00 PM, I finished this year's Nanowrimo novel. Yesterday I clocked in at over 10,000 words for a final total of 55,817. I think the thing that helped me the most in completing this crazy challenge is that I write every day, even if it's only a sentence or two. Also, the writing meetings were helpful, even if the environment was less than ideal. I went to another write-in yesterday and did over 5k despite the pretentious babbling of cafe patrons. For those of you curious as to what the heck I was doing this month, here are some links (I'm either shameless or masochistic in posting them): html - read the novel in installments! rtf - download the entire novel! (rtf, 369 kb) If you can't be bothered to read any of it (and I can't blame you--it's first draft dreck anyway), the genre is what I would describe as horror-lite. It's not exactly scary, more like crazy. Initially, I was aiming towards serious magic realism, but that just didn't happen. It's about these two journalists who go to this small farming town...well, needless to say, it also involves drunk bingo ladies, cats, and excessive violence with a cast iron skillet. Yeah, writing a novel in a month can put anyone into a bad mood, but finishing is awesome. If you're up to the challenge, don't hesitate to sign up for next year's Nano. [posted by S. Y. Affolee on 7:23 AM : ]
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