NaNoWriMo Day 28: (Almost) The End

I know, there's still two days left in NaNoWriMo, but I have had a productive week and guess what? I am 250 words from hitting my word count goal. That's right—I have written 9,750 words in 27 days. Twenty-seven days!

And you know what's even better? I'll be ending my story in exactly the right place.

Oh, it's not a perfect story by any means. It has flaws. It will need a lot—a lot!—of work. But I am so excited about the finish line that I got up extra early to carve out another 50 words so that I could focus on those last 200 words. (And who knows, I could go over if I really get in the zone...)

Which means, it will be time for my final milestone celebration: The End.

Throughout the month, I've celebrated each major accomplishment. I bought myself a new Spiderman comic. I spent an entire day reading when I should have been writing or running. And when I hit the 5,000-word mark, I indulged in a pumpkin spice hot chocolate.

So what will I do on Saturday?

GO TO THE BOOK STORE, of course! As a way of congratulating myself for completing this year's NaNoWriMo challenge, I am going to buy myself a new novel. Maybe two, since I doubled my word count. And, I'm getting a new notebook, probably a Moleskin because they're the best.

And as if that wasn't enough, Mom says Grandma is making me my own chocolate zucchini loaf. Obviously I'll share (even though she makes the best chocolate zucchini loaf in the world and I'd love to keep it all to myself), but it's just really cool that she thought of it!

What will you do to celebrate? Hey, if you want to share your story with me, I'll enter you in a draw to win a classroom (or personal) set of the Superman Duffy books.

Gotta jet! And good luck with those final words...YOU CAN DO IT!

~ Chase Superman Duffy