Okay, so...

[the-gabih.livejournal.com]

...after this morning's pep talk, is anyone else finding themselves in the 'Go On Without Me' category? Anyone else for whom it was looking so good until November 1st, when life threw up an insane number of problems and reasons why you couldn't keep up with the wordcount?

I'm quite disappointed with the progress I've made, personally, given that it was my first NaNo and I know that next year is a no-no, but on the upside, I have had fun. I've got a whole load of new story ideas, and it's levered me out of the dry spell I was having through August-October. I'll probably carry on doing bits of the novel here and there, but I think that if I'm going to be realistic, I'm never going to get past the 25,000 mark, let alone the whole way.

Good luck to those of you still going!

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[eddiesteddy4711.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite in the 'Go On Without Me' category, but my goal for this month was 100k. Well. I hit 45k and just stopped, about a week and a half ago, and now I'll just be happy if I hit 60k by the end of the month. The fact that I want this novel to eventually be near 200k?

Shoot me now. DX

On the upside, I'm now frantically writing as much as I possibly can, so. We'll see. I have four days left? Heck, it's only 12,500 words a day to hit 100k. (Only. Only, she says.) And before you ask - why no, I don't have a life. And yes, I am insane.

[serpentine85.livejournal.com]

Okay hun, so you don't think you can hit 50? Where are you up to? Let's see you try for 25. I'll cheer for you the whole way.

You wanna?

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's ironic, I've had more time, in theory, this year, but I ended up being away for a week visiting people, and didn't manage to catch up after missing several days' writing. November is always a bad time for me, but I usually manage it better than this!

I'm planning to finish the novel at my own pace; I'm still enjoying it, but catching up now would be pretty much impossible.

[fangirlism]

I'd have to write 7,500 words a day (including today) to make it... so yeah. Not happening. I hit 20k this year, and that alone is an accomplishment for me.

[spartanwerewolf.livejournal.com]

I'd have to write 10,000 words per day in order to finish, at this point. I gave up just over a week ago, at 11,000 words, because nothing was cooperating and everything went wrong. I'm a little disappointed, but 2009 has just been a bad year. I'll finish at my own pace, though.

Besides, there's always next November :)

[varelia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I definitely am. :-)

When I started Nano, everything looked so great, but now it seems that uni was a lot more work that I expected it to be... And for some reason, most of my assignments are due before Christmas, even though the semester still lasts till mid-February. Which means, I'm almost on holiday in the new year. Only one more presentation, and two exams (one of which is a translation, thus no prep possible). WHYYYYY???
In addition, I've not been particularly well these last months either, due to hormone-induced moodswings, trouble concentrating and the like (hypothyroidism + BC = BAAAAD)

Well, on the positive side is this:
I've written more in four weeks than in the last four months, even though I'd probably won't get over 15k before Monday.
I actually really like my novel, and I do think there's a lot of potential in it. I still need to find out to get that on paper, though ^^
I once more figured out that clear deadlines and goals (wordcount, whohoa) are the best way to kill my inner editor. At the moment he's barely breathing. And I like it, because normally he's the one keeping me from even starting to write.

So all in all, I LOOOVED NaNo, and I'll definitely try again next year :-)

[to-paraphrase.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm so in that boat, I think I was keeping it war back on week 2 for everyone else who ended up there this week!

On the plus side, I also had fun this time around (it isn't my first try) AND I've gotten more words down than I had previously. So. That's a pretty good win for me. :)

[pipe-organ-wolf.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of there myself. I've cleared 30k, but my work schedule and other duties just doesn't seem to leave enough time. I'm doing far better than last year, though.

Last year, I barely cleared 8900. At first, I was so depressed. I realized, though, that 8900 was still a victory. It's more than you started with, it's something significant that you accomplished. Use it as a solid foundation, and keep going. I took my 8900 and putzed at it throughout the year, bulking it up to almost 20k by the start of this NaNo. I'm still working on the same book, the same story, but now, with this month's progress, I'm getting somewhere. All because I took that first step and TRIED last year, despite how low my wordcount actually was. Even though I'm going to have a very hard time making the 50k this year, I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't make it. Any progress is good progress, and that's the most important thing.

Don't give up, but don't feel like you lost, either. You're going to end this month with something, whether its 25 words or 25k words. And, there's always tomorrow. I thought for sure I'd be out of the running for this year's NaNo, but in spite of everything, I'm trying. Keep at it, and feel great for trying. Too many people don't even bother to try.

Good luck!

[cyndi-lauper.livejournal.com]

I hit the 25K mark and had to slow down and "quit". I have three small children who are all sick. A 4 yr old, a 2 yr old, and a 3 month old all with a nasty cold. I'm sick, too. And my dog won't get out of my ass, my cats are driving me crazy, I have chores to do, and my husband is busy with school. Did I mention I also home-school my kids? What the hell was I thinking? I got to half-way (which is the furthest I've EVER gotten in writing) and was just overwhelmed to a point of utter exhaustion. I am going to keep up writing every day though, but I am totally in the "go on without me."

[herladyship.livejournal.com]

I got dumped with A LOT of homework in the past few weeks. I'm sitting at 37k right now. I'm going to try, but I'm not sure it's possible anymore.

[smilingbomb.livejournal.com]

I can't finish it either. My life is just . . . too busy. But I am really happy with what I got done. <3.