So add one!
They’re incredibly handy for getting rid of characters you can’t stand or are clogging up a plot line. 
Can’t, unfortunately. It’s the second attempt at the third part of a trilogy. I’m having enough trouble with the deadbeat dad showing up - he’s as evil as I can reasonably expect to exist within the established milieu*.
I *have *added the MMC being tempted to have an affair though, that got me through to 28k.
*I love nano, it’s the only time I get to use words like milieu.
I think I’m a bit over 30,000.
I like my story, and I like the pacing and the manner of narrative. I’m a little concerned that my supporting characters are not sufficiently fleshed out, or to the extent that they are, it’s through too much narration and little action (the story is written in the first person, which makes that easy to do.) They act, but are they distinct enough?
I do like my main character, who is most definitely not a Gary Stu, and at the same time not a loser. Very real without being me. If nothing else I’m terribly happy about that.
I’ve officially abandoned my attempt at less than 10k…motivation issues, then illness…it’s just not happening.
I’m gonna keep plugging away at the story, but…no forcing myself for word count.
I’m just under 19k and not happy at all with the quality of my characters but part of my problem is that I’m always feeling the time crunch. I have to share the computer at home, less than share it actually since it’s available only when my SO is asleep :P. Did manage to get 2500 at work today, so starting to catch up. Will get an early start tomorrow, take a long lunch and then I will have to cram it up to at least 30K by Thursday evening. That’s my strategy and I’m sticking to it ;).
I’m finding Write or Die very helpful for keeping up with my word count.
My story is crap and I hate it, I’m not having much fun this time around,* but I’m at about 31k words.
*Except for reading the Nanoisms thread, of course.
I just passed 35k and I don’t have to go to work until the end of the month. I’m trying to pace myself a bit so I don’t completely collapse come the home stretch…
I am dipping into my secret weapon: purple prose. I’ve gone positively Dickensian in my padding of word count. 
Unless a miracle occurs, I’m not going to make it.
Ah well - next year.
Caught up over the weekend, but I’ve a busy ‘rest-of-the-week’ ahead. It’s 50/50 if I’ll make it.
It’s okay. Plot-wise it’ll work. Characters are being themselves and not throwing too many curveballs. It will need whole chapters rewritten, but at least I know what’s wrong with them.
I’m sure I had an email only this morning to say it should be easier at this point. We’re in the middle of a heatwave - that’s not helping.
I’m at 44500, so in the home stretch- problem is my characters have done pretty much all they can do- would rather go back and rewrite it but I think I will just tack on a ending for now, I have a feeling things will turn out differently when I re-work it. I have liked how my characters reveal themselves when I am not as sure what to do with them, it seems that when I run out of actions for them, they are forced to get a personality :).
Once I reached 40000, I got to a really exciting part of my story and surged ahead to 50k in two days from there.
I didn’t know if I could do it but I just got the official winner’s screen this morning. And this weekend, I thought of the perfect title for my novel just as I was falling asleep.
I need to tie up some loose ends, but I’ve decided to wait until editing to worry about that. I’m glad to finish early so I don’t have to stress about getting it done over Thanksgiving.
I’m at forty thousand and change, which is on track, and I’ve got that lovely Thur-Sun stretch so I should be okay.
The bigger problem is I’ve decided my story is so horrible I have to force myself to sit down and type. Really force. I keep thinking why am I bothering? I intend to delete the entire damn thing once it has been verified, so why in the world should I force myself to waste some more hours grinding away just so I have a 20% larger file to delete.
I got my 50+K in today- so excited! I really recommend the experience for anyone who wants a kick in the pants. I liked what I ended up with enough that I intend to do some research and editing in December. Congrats to everyone who has made it so far (or even everyone just giving it a try!)
Just passed the 41000 mark and I have three major sequences and a denouement left to write. Even with the distraction of Thanksgiving I think I can pull this off by midnight Sunday…
I’m at 44,902. I’m going to finish even though my story is a train wreck. I got this far; I can’t quit now.
Done - made it to 50k with the main denouement still to write - but I know how it ends! Whee!
I’m flat out busy tomorrow and won’t get a chance to carry on until Monday, but I will be carrying on!
Cripes, 2.45am and stuff to do in the morning.
Night all, best wishes for your race for the finish line.
Congrats!
Congratulations. I’m at 45,990 words and I’ve hit the big climax which should practically write itself. I think I’ve got it paced well enough that I’ll be just past the limit when my book is finished. I think I’m less than 24 hours away from being done which will be just in the nick of time.
And I’m done. I want to write a postmortem on the thing but at the same time I don’t want to write any more for now. I am going to relax.
I know that feeling. I am sunburnt and stuffed full. Good times.
I can feel the characters niggling at the back of my head though, they want their story finished.