It is official. I am a novelist. I am a novelist. I’d like to repeat that again, but I wouldn’t want to sound pompous.
Not that I am. Not at all. But, I DID IT!
30 days ago, I wrote about my challenge. 30 days, 50,000 words. Boo-ya! (A ridiculous expression, that I will try never to use again, but just seems fitting).
Today I wrote that last sentence. 50,013 words. I’ll be honest and say those last 400 words were the hardest. I may have added in a few extraneous sentences at the end. Just saying. And, if I’m being honest, I had written 2500 words before I posted about my challenge. So, it took me a little longer than 30 days.
But, this is what I have accomplished:
- I, Kelly Woods, have written a novel.
- From the day I decided to go for it, for real, on February 12th, it took me 30 days to finish
- For 30 days, I wrote every day, no less than 1600 words, save 1 day, when I wrote 500, and one day I took off
- I have rediscovered my love of writing
Once I have time to decompress, I’ll have to reflect on what I have learned through this journey. One thing I know, I have eaten a lot of chocolate this month. Another thing, my husband has been feeling pretty ignored.
Finally, if I may be so bold, I think I will (unapologetically) start calling myself a writer.
Hi! I’m Kelly Woods, writer, mother & librarian. I write about beauty, creativity, green living and lifestyle design to help others live a life of inspiration, too.
You have a whole-hearted congratulations from me!
Are you planning to put up a bit of your work?
Thinking of it. Not until it is edited, though. I haven’t read over it since I wrote it, so who nows what state it is in? Taking some time, and then I’ll tackle editing. Thanks for the congratulations.
congratulation! on finishing your novel. It is not an easy task as one might think. I know that feeling of completion because I also finished a novel a while back. Then came the editing. Hope everything turns out okay in your process in becoming a published author. I have a blog and at the story zone section I posted my novella, hope you can check it out: http://novelpro.weebly.com/story-zone.html and give your honest opinion. Again, good job:)
Thanks for the congrats. I find editing to be much for daunting then writing the first draft. We’ll see. I’ll be sure to check out your blog!
Congratulations! 🙂
You’ll probably find you’ll have to remove half of the words. But still, what an accomplishment!
Too true. =)
A writer indeed.
Congratulation!
I just started writing 2 days ago. No way could I write a novel, this blog is hard enough!
yeah kelly, well done you, that is an absolutely amazing accomplishment! also feel confident of the self discipline that it took because that will transfer to all the challenges you fancy taking on next. wishing you and your neglected hubbie lovely things,
k
Thanks Keli. It’s true, all of a sudden other things seem possible, too. It’s a pretty cool feeling.