After passing the 50,000 word NaNoWriMo finish line, all of my motivation evaporated. Big time. I said, "Oh it would be cool to finish by December anyway." Then, "Oh it would be cool to finish by Christmas." Then, "Oh it would be cool to finish soon." But I only piddled and I never sat down for some serious writing. Finally, I decided to ditch the wimpy goals and make myself a firm deadline: Finish the novel by my birthday. Or else.
Please note that even in that firm statement, the definition was still a little fuzzy. Is that "by my birthday" as in before the day or "by my birthday" as in by the end of the day? By default, I chose the second definition and geared up my energies to finish the novel before midnight on the day of my birthday.
I can proudly say, that at 11:57 pm the day of my birthday I wrote the final sentence of my NaNoWriMo novel.
Final word count? 61,647
Other statistics? 27 days to write 50,010 words. 77 days to write 11,637 words.
(There are a lot of sevens in this post)
I am proud to have completed Step 1.
