Nanowrimo Day 26
Words: 2,059
Word total: 50,013
Words remaining: 0
It’s done.
It took me awhile to finish the last two thousand words. I was on the airplane, returning home from New York, when I put a bow on it, and called it a year.
I wish I could say I found a story at the end, that the characters came together and sang in harmony for at least a few stanzas. I wish I could talk about how I found characters with voices of their own; characters who surprised me at different turns. There is a lot I wish I could say about my writing this year.
What I will say is that I once again discovered the worth of these Novembers: they force me through the painful process of throwing down words. This year, with nothing in front of me except a vague idea, I managed to squeeze out at least one good idea as I scribbled. I will not know until I go back through the words in a few months or years time whether the idea remains good. For now, I am thankful for it to be over.
We’re back in Seattle now, tired but no worse for the wear. I’m hoping these are not the last words I write for a while. We’ll see how strong momentum is and how long it lasts.