Yay! So NaNoWriMo is over, and I''m super excited because I wrote 50K! My novel that I was writing however, it still not finished. I will continue to write the last 25% and then start the dreaded editing.
To my fellow NaNo-ers who made it, CONGRATULATIONS! Go buy yourself some ice cream and sit down on a comfy chair and read your manuscript.
If you didn't make it, CONGRATULATIONS! You at least have more words than you did before. Go buy yourself some tea and write some more!
I just wanted to throw out there that all you young (or not so young) writers are amazing. Writing is hard. It isn't all rainbows and unicorns. A lot of hard work goes into writing a novel. Research, discipline, caffeine, more research, more caffeine... keep doing what you're doing at your own pace.
One simple little piece of advice that I've been hearing all over the place is this: Write every day. Even if it's crap. Get some kind of words on paper. This is what separates wannabe writers from actual writers. (Remember you don't have to have published books to be a writer).
Keep on keeping on!
-The Bandit
