The first draft of Unforgettable is done. I already know a bunch of things I need to add or change, but the story arc is complete.
I wrote the first words of this novel on January 1, but at that point I didn’t know it was going to be a novel. It was just a character sketch.
On May 13, I started the push to finish the novel by WorldCon. Since May 15, I wrote at least 500 words every day. My average daily word count (since the push) was 835. My biggest day was May 26: 2073 words.
There were some long periods during which I absolutely had to force myself to write. If not for the Codex Novel Contest, I probably would have skipped a day during that time, and then one day would have become two, then three, then more. What kept me going was badges I could earn in the contest. (Yes, I do need stinkin’ badges.)
So, what’s next? I’ll set the novel aside for a few days and focus on a short story. Then I’ll go back and add a few missing scenes from early in the novel.