It’s the last day of NaNo!!!
So, gang, how’s you do?
Whether you finished or not, I’m totally proud of your efforts–every word you wrote is a word toward victory!
Debriefing is an important part of the process, so why don’t we all share our ups and downs of Nano?
Feel free post your experience in the comments.
Now, one tip I can give you:
PUT YOUR MANUSCRIPT IN A DRAWER AND DON’T LOOK AT IT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH!
I’m not joking. Set that sucker aside. Now. 😉
Next month, I’ll focus on topics that’ll help your resist the urge to open your NaNo WIP doc and start revising.
Author Laura Diamond--Lucid Dreamer 
I didn’t officially do NaNo, but between the two mss I’ve worked on this month, I’ve written over 70k words, so I guess it sort of feels like I have 🙂 With the first, I’ve put it aside, but with the second, I don’t have that luxury, and I sort of wish I did! Congratulations to all NaNo participants!
Yay!!!! NaNo is done!!! Great advice on the putting your MS in the “drawer” for a month. I love NaNo. It’s just FUN. Hanging out with all those awesome writers. Talking each other through it. Laughing. Eating chocolate. IT’s just a great time!
I’m sitting at 67K, so I crossed the Nano finish line, but I still have a long ways to go before I finish (shooting for at least 90K). My plan is to leave the MS alone while I work on making the other two in this series sparkle. I should get back to this one in a month or so. YAY!
Great post thanks. I really enjoyed it very much.
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Oh no doubt about it. My nano novel is going into a solid drawer for a few MONTHS. It was quite the challenge but I made the word count and I still have a lot of the story to tell… later 🙂
I have reading and editing to catch up on so there is no chance I will be tempted to jump in my nano novel anytime soon.
Thanks for being a great cheerleader.
Very good advice!
Congrats, NaNo writers, for making the attempt! And double congrats if you made it to 50k! 🙂
I didn’t do NaNo this year. But I’ve got some stuff in the pipeline that I’m looking forward to working on as November ends and December dawns.
Congrats to everyone who did NaNo!
I’m with Akossket. I’m not quite done with the wip. In fact, I have NO IDEA what the word count will end up as, but it scares me. 😀 I’m gonna be finishing up edits on Duality and reading until my eyeballs fall out until January.’
Congrats to everyone who participated!!! NaNo is NOT easy. Holy cow. But it was a lot of fun. Even on those days I panicked because I’d barely squeaked out a few hundred words.
Congrats to the NaNo gang! 🙂
hi dr laura!
wowee! big HOORAY for you and all the ones that got over the finish line.
…hugs from lenny
I had a good run this year. I’m throwing my NaNo into my documents folder and not looking at it until I’m ready to do draft 1.0.
putting it away’s the hardest part, but it makes all the difference in the world. Congrats to all the Nanners~ 😀 ❤
Congrats to all the NaNoers out there!
My experience was much like a few of the others. I reached the 50,000 word count goal, however my story is about 10-20,000 short of being complete. I’m debating whether to write it to the end and then tuck it away for a while, or just sticking it in the “drawer” right away.
Congrats to you all! One of these years I’d love to join you! Christy
I decided not to sign up since I still hadn’t finished the long sequel to my Russian historical novel yet. I finished that at 406,000 words on 5 November, and on 9 November began a new book (the third in a contemporary historical family saga) I wrote 50,000 words of during the remainder of the month. This is probably going to be one of my shortest non-YA books, at an estimated length of 150-200k.