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As of this morning, I finished my NaNoWriMo novel, The Mad Voyage of Prince Malock, clocking in at 92,245 words, as you can conveniently see in the content block to the right. So I will not be updating the content block any more this month, although I will keep it up until December 1st because of reasons.

 

I expected to hit 100k, but 92k is fine, too. I'm just on a high right now, feeling really happy about myself. This is the first original novel I've written that I feel I can make into something publishable, although as per the usual course I will put it aside for a few months while I work on some other projects. It will definitely need to be rewritten and edited and I need to do some research in some areas as well as flesh out the world a bit more, but I'm so excited for it, which is definitely a good sign.

 

I'm just stunned that I not only hit 50k before the end of the month, but I also finished the novel itself. It's not unusual for me to hit 50k by Thanksgiving, but in past NaNos I've finished the novel itself in December. It was like the novel just came rushing out of my fingers and it was all I could do to keep up with it this time.

 

So what are my plans for the rest of the month?

 

Well, I do have an original short story I need to write for the Ambage website's "Selected Writings" page, so I will probably be working on that. Not to mention In the End's third draft is not yet complete. So I will probably spend the rest of the year on that short story and In the End, unless something else comes up in the meantime that I desperately want to work on instead.

 

That's all for now, so see ya,

 

-TNTOS-

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Jean Valjean

:kaukau: I feel pretty bad that I haven't had the time to write the novel I had planned. That, and I would not have ben able to reach 92k so soon, but perhaps that's because I'm a perfectionist. I'm the type of person who would want to make sure that the content and the style of the story were Oscar-worthy from the get-go. So my first drafts are all sorts of short-stories meant to inspire chapters or basically just outlines with all sorts of notes in the margins.

 

But yeah, congratulations. I wish I could be up there with you. Rest assured, though, the novel I worked on last year will someday receive a second draft and see the light of day!

 

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Congratulations! The fact that you pulled off almost double the word requirement is very cool. Kudos and respect to you, sir. ^_^

Thanks.

 

:kaukau: I feel pretty bad that I haven't had the time to write the novel I had planned. That, and I would not have ben able to reach 92k so soon, but perhaps that's because I'm a perfectionist. I'm the type of person who would want to make sure that the content and the style of the story were Oscar-worthy from the get-go. So my first drafts are all sorts of short-stories meant to inspire chapters or basically just outlines with all sorts of notes in the margins.

 

But yeah, congratulations. I wish I could be up there with you. Rest assured, though, the novel I worked on last year will someday receive a second draft and see the light of day!

 

24601

 

Thank you. I think 92k may be the longest NaNo novel I've ever written, although I'm not certain.

 

-TNTOS-

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