Post-NaNoWriMo ***?ilures?
I won my first NaNoWriMo, ****? have yet to finish my novel. I had high hopes that my novel would be close to ready for publication at this point, ****? I’ve yet to begin my ***?cond draft. I ****?ted to get the free proof copy and publish it to CreateSpace, ****? it’s looking pretty sorry at the present moment. 
Anyone else feeling this way? Does anyone have any advice to help me get back on my feet again?
- Geekier Than Thou
Tags: Free Proof, High Hopes, Nanowrimo, Present Moment, Proof Copy
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am
I’m in just about the same situation, except that I’m not sure I’m going to submit mine for publication consideration. I wrote probably 75% of it in November, winning NaNo ****? not finishing my ****?k, and then just got super burned out on the storyline (especially when most of it showed up in this ***?ason of “Heroes”).
I keep meaning to go back to it, ****? I’m working on something else this *****?ster for my creative writing class and I don’t really have ***?me. Hopefully I’ll be able to *****? it up some over the summer, ****? right now there just isn’t ***?me. ***?rhaps if I tried to write a few thousand words ***?r week it could get pulled together. I’m not really sure.
I guess I just ****?ted to let you know that you’re not alone. Winning in my first ***?me was glorious, ****? now I’m kind of stuck.
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Yeah, I do feel the same way. I won my NaNoWriMo goal (I am a ****?n so I participate in the young writers NaNoWriMo) and I still did not finish my novel! And I have a LONG way to finish it. I hope I can publish it someday…
Believe in yourself! Believe that you can publish and write your ****?k. If you really think its great and you are ready for publication, then you will really finish my ***?cond draft someday. Imagine the possiblities of having your novel on ****?kshelfs, and that will help you go ***?r ***? you DO ****?t to publish your ****?k.
Good luck for both of us!!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Same here.
I wasn’t able to complete my NaNoWriMo novel, ****? I desperately ****?t to– despite my lack of enthusiasm to even open up the file. I feel my story could be better, ****? I’m still quite proud of it. I’ll need to complete it, and probably go through countless ***?ssions of re-editing and revising…. ****? I really ****?t to complete this novel.
Regretfully, I just haven’t been in the mood to *****? it up again. I’ve gone back and revised some minor things, ****? I think I burned myself out.
Disappointing, really.