oloriel | ONE DAY MORE

47,785 / 50,000
(95.6%)

Do you know what that means?
That means that I will finish the NaNo part of the story by tomorrow, or Wednesday at the latest.

In terms of the entire story, that doesn't mean much. From what I can see, I may finish 11 of the 36 plot points I jotted down beforehand while the month lasts. Leaves 25 unfinished. 25! If 11 of those plotpoints mean 50000 words, that means another 100000 words at least!

On the plus side, I managed to write two (so far) smutty scenes, and while they're kind of uncomfortable and probably not very exciting for the reader, they are a) justifiable and b) free of embarrassing euphemisms. The protagonist actually has a functioning bladder, too. He goes through hell, and things are going to get worse before they get better, but, well, it goes.

AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

Even in the nasty bit before the end. In the 36 plot points I had jotted down, there was a big hole between "all is really bad OMG" and "the revolution wins and all seems well - until I come up with a sequel" that I did not know how to bridge. I am still far from reaching that point, but if I ever reach it, I WILL NOW KNOW HOW TO BRIDGE IT. Because I have found plot point 35b, so to say, which brings the whole thing full circle. And actually ties in with something I had played with when I started the story, and which then did not work and got discarded. Oh no, not discarded - just shelved for a more appropriate moment.
That means that whatever happens - however much I manage to write beyond the 50000 this month - I HAVE A COMPLETELY PLOTTED STORY THERE. I apologise for the overuse of capitals, but it cannot be helped. I HAVE A COMPLETELY PLOTTED more or less ORIGINAL STORY. Of, all things considered, 200,000 words when it's done. That's 280 pages in Word (single-spaced, Times New Roman 12pt).
That actually is a novel.
*flails*

Never had that happen to me before.

It will need a hell of a lot of editing, because this is NaNo, the month of circumlocution and sloppy wording. But it's a full story. A full original story. Of which I know the beginning, middle, end, and everything in between. And it's not as bad as it could be. I mean, Eragon and Twilight got published: After that, Impossible is nothing.

(Admittedly Eragon and Twilight don't have canonically gay sex or blatantly pansexual Elves in them. But still.)