I didn't make the goal of 50,000, crapping out at about 47,000. In the end, some of my delays early on cost me, and on the final day it was obvious that only a Herculean effort would get me to 50,000. Which I wasn't against, but the other thing that dawned on me was that I was at least another 10-15,000 words from getting to The End.
So, given that I wasn't going to actually get to those magical words, I decided to try to keep my pace of 1500-2000 words/day and complete the novel sometime in mid December.
Here's a chart showing where I left off:
All in all, I'm pretty pleased with my progress, though I am bummed that I am not yet finished.Just over a week out from the end of NaNo, and I've probably managed a grand total of 1000 words. Talk about a slump. I was hoping to keep the momentum going, but several forces have conspired against me (major new responsibilities at work, Christmas shopping, and tons of snow), and I have completely petered out. Plus, I have to think the letdown is in part related to no longer having the specter of NaNo shadow over me with its persistent focus on wordcount.
The trick, now, is to get my momentum going again. What's left of December should make for an interesting time -in addition to wrapping-up the novel, I need to get my next entry for WotF complete. Doh!
