The Next Great Novel

Some of my friends talk about writing a novel. I attempted NaNoWriMo last year, but I still haven't finished the story. I did finish the 50,000 words required, but after that just stopped.

For months - about six.

I still haven't finished the book. I looked up the average time to finish a novel, and it's about three years. I am pretty sure I'll finish it by the end of 2010, but I'd really like to be finished sooner. I'm most of the way through the first rewrite, which included linking the random scenes I first wrote together. I have about 67,000 words, and I'm betting about 10,000 to go. It's a lot better than the first time I wrote it, but I still haven't finished.

I know there are writers out there who finish full-length novels in 30 days or less because you can see their word counts soar during the NaNoWriMo stretch. Perhaps one day I'll join them.

But I have to finish this novel-in-process first!