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I've given up. Might still try and write but it's been two days and I've been struggling to get out of a depressive slump, and I really don't think I'd be able to catch up at this rate.  ugh, what a lame snipe. Congrats to those of you ahead of the curve!
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Sorry, CDOAN. I know how you feel, I've scuttled the NaNo ship as many times as I've won. Sometimes life overtakes you, and even when it doesn't, not every idea deserves a novel. This year I'm learning a lot about my own process. For the first hour or so in front of the computer, I'm lucky to squeeze out 200 words, with lots of fits and starts and ughs and arghs and clutching of hair in hands. Then it's 600 to 800 an hour until I get exhausted. Cold starter, I guess.
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Hmmm... it's the 20th and i have 68 words, all of which suck. I realize i'm now looking at 5000 words a day, which is probably impossible It's not like I have anything else going on in my life, though, and there's a four-day weekend around the corner... I guess I'll give it my best shot, starting today.
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Nov 20, 2017 18:07
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Verification day! If you've made it, go get your shinies.  I have done this every year with a win since 2005, and the last six have been with all y'all. 
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Spokes posted:Hmmm... it's the 20th and i have 68 words, all of which suck. I realize i'm now looking at 5000 words a day, which is probably impossible Managed to slog my way through almost 3k yesterday. Kind of have an idea where I'm going now. look out, world!
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Nov 21, 2017 18:01
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Nethilia posted:Verification day! If you've made it, go get your shinies. That's hella impressive. We bow before your mighty wordsmithing. Then again, you might be why the rest of us struggle - you keep stealing all the words! :-)
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Nov 22, 2017 04:01
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I'm still here, just sort of lagging a bit because of real life nonsense (work? who needs that?) I passed 40k today and got to that wonderful "you need sub-1000 to finish on time" mark, so I'm still ahead of schedule!
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Nov 22, 2017 04:56
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Less than 8,000 words to the end. Feels All year I've been writing a little every day, like 2-300 words a night, just to keep my hand in. But NaNo is a whole 'nother level that makes me feel like my brains are beings squeezed out of my head.
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Nov 22, 2017 17:44
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Second novel finished thanks to Nanowrimo. These books had better make me some money, because I seriously need new glasses after this. The eyestrain is starting to get to me.
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Nov 22, 2017 19:53
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Down to less than 5,000 words on this poo poo. Feels really good. Taking the weekend off and finishing this thing on monday or tuesday. Feels really good to not doubt whether I will finish and just know that it's easily going to happen.
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Nov 24, 2017 13:32
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I broke 40k yesterday. This is my first year participating, and I'm having a blast. I haven't kept up w/ this thread, but I'll go back and read it. I'm excited about finishing up this last week of November!
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Nov 24, 2017 20:50
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47k. Hope to win at tomorrow's local write in so I can get real-time congrats from lots of different people.
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Nov 24, 2017 23:41
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31,225. I have to do 3131 a day each day. Gonna be rough but it's doing me okay for getting over my performance anxiety, which is the big thing.
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Nov 25, 2017 08:26
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I landed 4,250 words yesterday. I have no idea how I did that.
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Nov 25, 2017 18:32
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I'm still doggedly moving along. This last week hit me like a freight train with real life poo poo but I'm close enough to the end that I know it's in sight. 47205!  Good luck to everyone else in these last few days! Arivia posted:31,225. This is one of the big things I have to applaud NaNo for. It really helped me learn how to get over that sort of "if it's not perfect, I'm not going to write at all" hump.
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Nov 25, 2017 19:55
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And one more joins the winner's circle. Now it's time to see how much I can add in the five days remaining...
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Nov 25, 2017 23:31
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Oho, I only need 272 words a day to finish on time. I think I can do that!
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Yes! Another NaNo win. As a prize, I got a book I've already read. Squeaked in right before midnight, proud of my 2,000 word per day count, then added 20 words after midnight and now my daily count is 1,973. Grrrr. But on the upside, my wife will get to see my face again. So that's nice.
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Nov 26, 2017 07:23
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WINNER. First attempt at a NaNoWriMo. Pretty excited to win on my first try.
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Nov 27, 2017 01:57
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I only got about 900 words in today. It was a special occasion. But I'm still sort of ahead with 44500 words. These last few days I'm going to try to jet this thing to the end.
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Nov 27, 2017 10:24
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Aaand I stumble in for the win! Just validated 50103. This story isn't finished yet (although it's fairly close), but I'm ready for a break.
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Nov 28, 2017 01:08
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Done at a validated 50209. Not bad for hopping in on Nov 1 with no plan, and missing the first weekend entirely. It's drivel, but it's my drivel!
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Nov 28, 2017 01:52
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Congratulations to all the winners so far, I hope to see you soon! I'm just below 45k now, but I've been starting to get back pains after a couple hours at my desk and it's been harder to keep at it  I'm just barely keeping up with par but still have a ton of material left (realistically I'm only about 2/3rds through the story). It kinda sucks when you reach November 30 and your story isn't anywhere near done, but right now I'm just aiming for that 50k in before the deadline.
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Nov 28, 2017 04:38
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I'm up to 48500 and honestly it's feeling good. For the last few days, I got 2-4 of my favourite albums lined up for listening so I stay inspired and have some good writing time even if I hit 50K.
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Nov 28, 2017 08:16
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I've been really good at sticking to par this whole time, if I dropped it one day I managed to get it back. Not the best strategy in case anything comes up but I've managed to keep on it. Well today I was almost done with my daily amount and a friend challenged me to a word war and then I just kept going and did two whole days worth of writing today! Total: 46727 Really excited to be able to complete my first NaNo ever, and I'm really enjoying my silly fantasy story!
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Nov 28, 2017 08:44
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Done and validated but boy did I screw up. It said to paste the text into the box. I did that. Saw nothing. Hit ctl V again. Nothing. Went back and copied again, went back and pasted again. Ctl V, nothing. Did it again. Finally I thought to scroll up...and of course, it was all there. It copied it every time. I just didn't see it. So for awhile there it looked like I had done 250,000+ words. I think I fixed it. I may be too dumb to write a novel. At least on the computer. It took me half the month to figure out how to get to the place where you can put in a daily word count. Anyway, I am still writing, because I need more words. When I edit, a lot of those words will disappear though.
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I'm really thrilled that I'm up to 2500 words. Just 47500 more to go! I can do this. Ehh.
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50000! I'll do a bit of writing on 29 and the 30th to even out the month, but by George I did something I didn't think I'd have the willpower to do!
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DoubleCakes posted:50000! Yess I just finished tonight! I even managed to complete it before my two friends that actively self-publish. They never really thought I'd even finish, and they both kinda scoffed at the idea that I would be even close to keeping up with them... Holy cow that feels good!
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Lost a few thousand words last night thanks to my laptop freezing and the scrivener autosave getting corrupted somehow But with only 7000~ left I should still be able to get it done in time. Which will be a first haha. Congrats to everyone who's finished!
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Nov 29, 2017 10:47
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Just finished. Slipped in at 50 250 words. Feels loving great!
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Nov 29, 2017 13:11
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I have 41500 words, a hosed up tropical disease, and nothing on my schedule for the next 36 hours other than sleep. Who's with me for for one final push?
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E Depois do Adeus posted:I have 41500 words, a hosed up tropical disease, and nothing on my schedule for the next 36 hours other than sleep. Who's with me for for one final push? I fell behind, and am at the same amount ish. Going to go to the gym, and then go finish this book.
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Good job to everyone hitting the big 50k and good luck to everyone else in these final hours!! I decided to write a bit more today and now I'm up to 52934 
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Verified at 50,015! But I still have at least two and a quarter sections I want to do to finish the story proper, so hopefully I'll actually stay diligent and work on that through December. Normally I'd say there's not a chance that's happening, there are video games waiting for me, but I literally blew nearly all of weeks 2 and 3 on my PS4 and still managed to stay on track for the most part. So now I know I'm at least capable of juggling work and play responsibly... Also I ordered myself a little celebratory present last week, but it seems it got caught up with the rush of Black Friday deals right after and won't be coming until next week At least I don't have to cancel it.
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50,303! That was actually surprisingly painless.
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I wrote a bit more today. Wrapping things up at 53,379. Good luck to anyone in the final stretch!
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Word sprinting my rear end off to get passed the finish line. The last few pages of my NaNo book are basically "Here's all the cool poo poo I wanted to write but didn't get a chance to."
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CaligulaKangaroo posted:Word sprinting my rear end off to get passed the finish line. The last few pages of my NaNo book are basically "Here's all the cool poo poo I wanted to write but didn't get a chance to." You mean "all the cool poo poo I'm going to write in December," right? Facebook is reminding me of last year when I won.  Maybe next year I'll do it again. Congrats to all the people who did it!
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Final count, 55,000. Now waiting winners page to update so I can get Scrivener 3.0 for $25.00  . I was on track for 150,000until my back went out for two weeks and I literally couldn’t get out of bed. That was rough. At least I won.
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