Final official word count: 50,928!

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Yep, still a winner. And now just showcasing the other NaNoWriMo winner badge that they give you when you win.

As much as I was writing a few days ago how I was going to power past 50,000 words, now that it’s the end of the month, I’m just exhausted. Now that the pressure’s off, I’ve fallen in a heap and all I want to do is sleep.

I’m mostly happy with what I’ve written in the past 30 days. I felt like the story was going nowhere in the beginning, but the story really started to flow and be interesting (or at least, I think it is – future readers may have a different opinion though!) towards the end. And it’s a first draft, which typically means its inconsistent, confusing, and melodramatic, and I’m sure my story is all of those things, so hopefully in the next few months I can revise it, explore more of the themes of the story, tighten the plot in places, characterise the people of the story more, and create a more vivid setting. Even though the 50,000 words is done, the hard part is still to come.

I’ve still got a few more scenes to write before the end – possibly about 5000-10000 words – and yes, I know I said the same thing last year and never got around to it, but I’m actually going to do it this time!