...
... I have a headache.
I got it while typing away furiously at my laptop trying to smash out 4k more to try and hit the 50k target for today, the last day of NaNoWriMo (in Adelaide, anyway).
The good news, though, is that I made it to 50k.
And had my novel validated by the NaNoWriMo website - 50k.
This means I'm officially a NaNoWriMo WINNER!!
Finally, I've achieved what I've set out to do on a project for once - I'm met the aims of NaNoWriMo and written half a novel in 30 days. But not only have I made the (what some might call arbitrary) word count target of 50,000 words, I've also achieved the most important goal of the project, and that was to kick-start a novel - and despite the ups and downs I've had in the last month while writing it, I'm feeling pretty good about the story so far (it's nowhere near finished - but that can wait until a bit later. Right now, I need a rest...)!
For more info about the novel itself, head over to my NaNoWriMo profile page, which I'll be updating in the next day or so (after a decent sleep...!)
And just to cap off the winner's feeling, here's a few screenshots from the last couple of nights:
This was me last night, floating around the 46k mark with a big day ahead to finish.
This was the stats page at the last count, 50k+ - I'd been behind just about all the way, but came back strong!
Validation! I could have just copy-pasted some Wikipedia articles and "said" that I'd written 50,000 words, but really, where's the satisfaction in that?
And now, back to your regularly scheduled programme...
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