I DID IT!!!

I finished my rough draft today! 50,154 words and the story ended. Well, I did have to add a prologue to help boost me past the finish line. But don't worry, that is one of the tips they give you to help you out.

So now I let it marinate for awhile without reading it so that when I edit I see it with a fresh eye.

But I feel sad. My creativity has been stifled. I don't get to spend the first hour after work writing my novel. I have all my scenes and my characters already. I need to just relax and chill and let the story set. It will still be there when I go back in a few weeks.

But I admit my inner editor is itching to get to work. I want to turn the spellcheck back on and get rid of all the red and green lines. But actually that is the last step in the editing process. Interesting. I never made it to the editing step before this year. I just sent on my little part of the story to my family. This time will be different I will edit and it will be an amazing story.

YAY ME!! I did it! Nothing feels better than accomplishing a goal.