HUZZAH

50,000th word: 'can't'
Song listened to when reached 50K: Radiohead - "In Limbo"
Song listened to when 'finished' with novel: Radiohead - "Sit Down Stand Up"
Word Count in .txt Mode: 50,223
Word Count in .doc Mode: 50,236
Now Listening To: Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah"

Wow... I don't know what to say. The page they take you to when you win is downright adorable. I'm going to print out my winner's certificate like the dork that I am. I'll probably be ruminating over this for a while so it's not goodbye to this blog yet.

For starters, this monster I wrote is going to need a hell of a lot of editing. A lot of the writing is cringeworthy like you wouldn't believe. For example, check out these gems:

"AUGH!!! BITCHES!!!" yells Ace, crumbling to the floor.

He wanted onions, mayo, tomato, cheese, everything on it. Pickles too.

Oh, there's MUCH more where that came from. Maybe I'll post some more when I actually re-read the thing. Editing will involve actually inserting town names and real highways and paranormal jargon and replacing words like Girl1 or Son2. Also, I completely forgot about chapters until the last couple of hundred words. So the whole thing is in 3 chapters for now. Pfft.

I'll be at the forums reading about how everyone else is doing. I'm pretty proud of myself. The last time I wrote anything was in a writing workshop class. It was one of my fave classes from college and it was totally unrelated to my major! I wrote short stories that had some kind of substance to them though, not this Ghost Hunting Idiot kind of thing. I think my next novel might be in the first person. I work better that way. I'm trying to stay away from the whole literary fiction genre novel-wise though. I could see myself getting annoying very quickly. Okay, that's enough writing for now.

Last sentence for the time being:
Ashes settle around them as they walk away from the chapel.

Thanks to everyone who's given me even the slightest bit of encouragement! It was much appreciated and a major factor in reaching 50K. NaNoEdYe, here I come! =)