Yes, no use throwing in a cliffhanger here: I won! 50,495 official words written! In 28 days! Wooh!
For those watching the stats: I had been racing ahead in the past couple of days, reaching 45k on Saturday, and stopping at 48,786 yesterday afternoon. So with three days still to go, I only had to write about 300 words every day for three days to finish. But why do that, when you can just throw in 1,700 words and finish it off?
The best part about this year (apart from it being over; this was really one of the hardest NaNo years I have ever had...) is that the story is also actually finished. It has reached a point where I could throw in a final punchline, and call it a day. It is still pretty open-ended, but it has come full circle, the story arch has ended in a nice big finale, and everything is resolved. This is actually a first, for me. Usually, there were bits in the middle I jumped over just to get to the end, or I wasn't even halfway through my story when I reached the 50,000 mark. But this year, apparently, I have written a semi-fantasy, not-that-funny, 50,500 word novella. Who would have expected that?
Of course, of course, I now have to say something about wanting to reread it, and edit it, and hone it to perfection, but honestly, I would rather be rid of the thing for the coming week. Or two. It's not all that good, there are parts in the middle where I almost literally had to push myself to get any words out, and the story took a complete detour from what I had originally planned. So no, this is in no way the novel I wanted or expected to write. But hey, that's NaNo for you. And perhaps, come January, I'll take a peek at it again. For now, I am done typing words on a screen, and will just celebrate my newly obtained victory with a good night's sleep!
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