Lynna wrote:Slow and steady wins the race...well, completes it, anyways. I got to 50k, and completed my story
Of course, not half as fast as some of the other people on here...Okami do you type so fast?
Congratulations to everyone who won! And as for everyone who didn't, at least you tried, and sometimes life gets in the way. There's always going to be another year.
My story is an absolute mess, but I think I can make something out of it when I go back and revise it. I'm going to take a nice break in December, though ^_^
I'm not sure if your question is "Okami how do you type so fast?" or "Okami do you always type so fast?" or something else.
If it's the first, I can say it's because I taught myself how to type. In sixth and seventh grade computer classes, while everyone else was slaving away at the 'blocked' keyboard pads learning how to type properly, I was being taught how to use the keyboard as a left-handed user due to my mild Cerebral Palsy (I was supposed to get a left-handed keyboard, which never happened) - everyone else was also super jealous I didn't have to use those stupid keyboard pads.
Being SO frustrated by the homebase (FGHJ) and having to keep fingers on those keys while reaching up with the pinky finger for, say, Q or 1, or my index finger for P or 0, I decided "Screw this, I'm going to teach myself to type!" because it was
sooooooo slow... and now I use my index fingers and left thumb primarily to type - faster than most people using "normal" typing.
People watching me type are usually amazed (I go between watching the keyboard and the screen, depending on if I've lost my place on the keyboard or have paused in thought) and it's pretty darn funny knowing how it got to be this way.
If it's the second, yes, I do always type this fast. I liked getting my work done in high school and college as fast as possible to move on to the next assignment/project. Though I've only written this much in a month once before (100,000 words in NaNo 2011), I actually hated the result of that project - it was basically one big angsty journal of how my life sucked. So this is the first time I get to celebrate having done so much in a month and enjoy the end result.
And hey, congrats on winning! (Same to the other winners I didn't catch, and even those who didn't "win" - you have something written you didn't a little over a month ago; good job to all!~) It's always nice to dive back into the project. I dove back in for NaNo 2010 and haven't really looked back until now. The revision and editing stage is daunting and fun!
ClaecElric4God wrote:Well, I didn't finish my story, but I only have a couple chapters left. I can tell there's going to be copious amounts of editing when this is over, though. That is, if I actually finish it. Right now I just kind of hate its guts. But it was fun. And I'm really glad I got to finish it, in spite of all the craziness of being in Japan.
I'm with you, Lynna. I'm definitely gonna take a break before I dive back into this.
Haha, I think we've all had copious amounts of revision to do. That's what happens when you word vomit a novel in a month! (Even mine has had some very rough edges to sand down, despite my lack of spelling errors). I've had to trim and rewrite and rework sentences and buff it all out, and it's already looking to be a much nicer novel than the original. I can't wait to get to a point where I'm happy enough with it to go forward with printing (I'm taking Lulu.com up on their free hardcover offer, for sure!)
25,000ish of my words came within a three day spurt last week. 14k alone in one day 
