The progress of this goal will be tracked here:

https://nanowrimo.org/participants/gabrielb/projects/of-dying-suns

11/24/2023 update:

My book is complete. But I've decided to waive the early-completion condition and write 10,000 words worth of other narratives.

BUT NOTE THAT THERE IS AN EARLY-COMPLETION CONDITION (see below)

I'm currently writing a science fantasy novel. Over the month of November, my goal is to either:

• Finish the first draft of the story completely.

  • I estimate this will take an additional ~40,000 words. I am currently writing chapter 37 out of a planned 60. I am in the middle of act 3, out of 4 planned acts.

• Write at minimum of 50,000 words of new narrative.

  • The following DO NOT COUNT as new narrative:

    • Worldbuilding notes

    • Editing notes

    • Inline notes

    • Chapter titles

    • Reinsertion of cut scenes

    • Addition of pre-written, planned scenes

Historical Notes:

• Chapter 1 was written as a oneshot in March 2020, revised in December 2020, and revised again December 2021.

• Chapter 2 was written in October 2022. This is when the story "began"

• Chapters 1-3 (currently 3342 words) were complete by the start of NaNoWriMo 2022

• I did NaNoWriMo 2022 as my first NaNoWriMo. I set the goal of writing 25,000 words for this story, and wrote 27,018. I wrote for 27 out of 30 days.

• Since NaNoWriMo2022, I have added ~47,000 words to my first draft.

As of this question being posed, (10/29/2023) I have:

• ~62,000 words (chapters 1-30) written for part 1 of the story (complete), Including ~600 words of chapter titles and ~100 words of inline notes

• ~17,00 words (chapters 31-36) written for part 2 of the story, including ~100 words of chapter titles.

• 752 words written for chapter 37, which is in progress.

• ~6400 words in documents used to store cut or future scenes. This includes 934 words of the planned final chapter.

• ~9300 words across a variety of ancillary documents. (Including editing notes, plans for the rest of the story, worldbuilding notes, etc.)

No additional narrative was written 10/30 or 10/31.

Information I will provide:

• Wordcount tracking by day in NaNoWriMo

• A notification in this question whenever I finish a chapter.

• A notification in this question when I hit what I consider to be the end of part three/beginning of part 4.

Biographical Information:

• I work full time from M-F.

• I have two writer's groups, each of which meet weekly, but will only be attending one of them over the month of november. So far, on days I attend writer's groups, I spend 2-3 hours to write between 500-1000 words.

• I will be travelling ~4 hours to visit family, and another ~4 hours back, on different days.

• I have thanksgiving off, but do not plan to take any vacation days or sick days off.

I will pay attention to the comments and try to respond for reasonable requests for information.

I pledge to only vote YES for this question, and to not sell any of my stocks prior to resolution.