And I’m done! Slogged a bit in these past few days but finally I made it!
Total word count: 51,284 words
I’m done with the first draft of my book with chapters in details and scenes in super details. Now, I’ll be joining Camp NaNo for editing my first draft and simultaneously writing the second one. Hopefully, I’ll be done by 15th of July… fingers crossed!
I’m so, so, so thankful to #JuNoWriMo for making it possible for me to write the entire first draft in 1 month (considering that I’ve never written anything of this magnitude before!) I’ll be sending out my second draft to two of my proofreader cum beta reader friends (Willow and Dagny) by the end of July. Then I’ll be editing the book again after receiving reports from them. So there is a lot of work still remaining… Hopefully I’ll be able to get my manuscript to the publishers by September…
I’d like to thank Vishal for being such a sweetheart and helping me with everything. I know I was a crazy, emotional mess this month and this book wouldn’t have been possible without you! Love you always!!! ❤
I’d also like to thank all my dear fellow writers at JuNoWriMo (you guys are the best!) I met a lot of beautiful writers here and made a lot of wonderful friends. They helped me stick to my goals and all the pep talks were really helpful! I’ll be dropping by JuNo’s page every once in a while even after the WriMo is over…
And following are the snapshots of JuNoWriMo Word Tracker for this year:
VERBATIK MEDIA by Heena R. Pardeshi 
48 responses to “JuNoWriMo 2015 Winner!”
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Thanks dear!
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Congratulations, Heena! That sounds like a lot of wore and for sure nerve wrecking….
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Thanks a lot Erika… Yea, I’ll be pretty much soaked up in writing again this month for the revised 50K words! Writing is definitely not as easy as one might think 😉
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That is amazing! The problem is when we get stuck in our brain… then the flow stops.
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Haha! I agree! 🙂
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Well done! It’s such a special feeling to finish a draft of a novel, and even better when you’ve done it in a Wrimo environment because it’s such hard work. 🙂
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Thanks a lot Phoenix! Yea, feels like I’ve conquered the entire world! lol!
I’ll be starting with CampNaNo tomorrow… another 50K words to go 🙂
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I too will be starting Campnano tomorrow. I’m not as prepared as I was planning to be, but I shall wade in nonetheless. Good luck! 🙂
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That’s great! I’m so glad to have you there (I was starting to feel a little alone there!)
All the best for your project dear 🙂
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Thanks, and good luck to you too. 🙂
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Thanks for the heads up. I found it in the spam folder. Very nice newsletter. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
Thanks a lot dear! I took me quite some time to finally get off my ass and make it… lol! Glad you liked it 🙂
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Congratulations Heena! Great job!
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Thanks a lot Tony 🙂
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Congratulations Heena. 🙂
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Thanks Bruce 😀
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Well done, Heena! We knew you’d make it.
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Awww… Thanks a lot Dagny 😀
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Yey hun, congrats 💐 🎉 I am so happy for you sweety and I knew you’d finish this (even with a few day to spare) 🎉
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Thanks a bunch hun!!! You’re really sweet ❤
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Please check your inbox for my newsletter. If it’s not there then please check it in your spam and mark it ‘not spam’ and add my mail-chimp name to your address book. So that from next time it’ll come to your inbox.
As this is the first newsletter, it went directly into the spam folder of many subscribers.
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I will go now and check it now hun 🙂 So cool 📞
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Omg hun, I love ❤ your newsletter so much. So pretty 🙂
It was in my spam folder, lol.
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Thanks a lot sweetie! I’m glad you liked it 🙂 ❤
Yea, Vishal, my hubby, noticed that it was in his spam and so I thought that maybe it went in everyone's spam folder! lol!
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Easily fixed 😀 Beautiful newsletter theme and layout
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The reply had failed hun. Maybe by choice or not, lol, I just wanted to let you know 🙂
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Really? Oho! I guess I’ll have to work out on it some more…
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I am sure it will be fixed fast 🙂
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This is so awesome! Great job and congratulations! Yeah, you!
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Thanks a lot Sue!!! 🙂
I’m planning to post my chapters to Wattpad after writing them… If it’s not too much to ask you, will you please help me out by reading them (may be once a week or however you have time) and telling me if something’s not right?
Please…. ???
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I will certainly do so! Can’t wait!
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Thanks you so much!!! 🙂 😀
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I got it! Yay! Great job and as always, I’m amazed at how much you accomplish!
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Awwww… thanks a lot Sue! You’re really really so sweet 😀 ❤
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Well done!
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Thanks Connie 🙂
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Excellent congratulations!
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Thanks a lot dear! 🙂
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Absolutely
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Wow! You should treat yourself first and then do anything else. Your progress report looks excellent. Congrats Heena. 🙂
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Awww… Thanks a lot Norma. Now that you mention it, I’m realising that I actually didn’t do anything to treat myself! I guess a spa is what I should be thinking now 😉
Thanks again dear! 🙂
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Good choice. Nothing relaxes those writing bones like a spa treatment. 🙂
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