NPI: 2,176">NPI: 2,176

Boom!

And with the end of NPI, my total word count = 20,251

Now, I’m glad that I man­aged to get over 20k words in 31 days (includ­ing the afore­men­tioned two-day week­end get­away) but ulti­mately, I’m ecsta­tic that I’ve man­aged to actu­ally get this far into my book. At the end of Feb­ru­ary I had began a few draft begin­nings of Ran Red, but ulti­mately was not happy with any of them. Then came the time con­straint to do some­thing con­struc­tive and… well it started happening.

That’s my biggest happy-factor today. That I did it, that I began a book and did more than just that.

I will inevitably do a post entail­ing every­thing I have thought and expe­ri­enced through­out Nick’s (March) Novel Push Ini­tia­tive. But for now, thank you every­one who gave me sup­port, and thank you to my wife for putting up with this ran­dom, sud­denly hap­pen­ing daily dead­line and all the moods that followed.

Oh and again, like Nick, it’s about time I hit 2k+ words for a day!

  • http://fifthwind.wordpress.com/ Ken Kiser

    Take a lit­tle time off to celebrate…

    Then do it all over again and hit 40K

    A few short months of that and you’ll be sit­ting on a com­pleted 100k novel. :D

  • http://www.blistersinmay.org Lat­rina

    You both seem to go out with a bang. 2k+ words at the end, very nice!

    Wanted to wish you a great con­grat­u­la­tions! You guys are insane, btw. :P

    And a huge con­grat­u­la­tions for the wives who had to deal with y’all. My fiance is about to start on his novel and so I must pre­pare myself aswell.

    Do take a break! 20k is some­thing that should be celebrated. :)

  • http://5-rings.com Nick Enlowe

    Holy hand-grenade, man, you made it!
    Ken’s idea ain’t too bad. Think we can make 40k next time? Like chris was say­ing, we could up the min­i­mum word count a lit­tle bit…

  • http://fifthwind.wordpress.com/ Ken Kiser

    Actu­ally, I just meant another 20k for a total of 40k.

    20k a month is a good, solid achiev­able pace. Any­thing higher and you *could* risk get­ting discouraged.

    If you guys just string together 4 more months of what you’ve already PROVED you can eas­ily do… you’ll be sit­ting on com­pleted 100k novels.

    Slow and steady wins the race.

    Now, go out there and do it. :D

  • http://dharmamama.blogspot.com/ Jonna

    I’m proud of you, Babe! You did it!

    It’s such a huge step for­ward and the writ­ing dis­ci­pline you have cre­ated for your­self in doing this is so rewarding.

    I sup­port and encour­age you to keep going! The ulti­mate prize: a com­pleted novel! How cool will that be?

  • http://rgsanders.com RG Sanders

    Wow, many a com­ment in my inbox, thanks everyone.

    @Ken, indeed I am tak­ing a (short) break and will be writ­ing again by tomorrow.

    @Latrina, thanks again. Chris and your­self have been staunch sup­port­ers of this lit­tle endeav­our of ours, for that I thank both of you.

    @Nick, you made it too! Next time, I say we up the count a lit­tle, maybe 300 — 350 min­i­mum a day (get more peo­ple in on it too.)

    @Lady J, always sup­port­ing, reward­ing and kick­ing me up the arse when I slack! Just like any part­ner should!