I completed 50,000 words on my novel “King of Beasts” in November. I created it based on an outline derived from the play procedures of my RPG, which was an interesting experiment. The outline ended up with far more action than I enjoy writing (I much prefer dialog). Additionally, I was focusing on two topics (sailing ships and animal behavior) that really require more research before writing about them. I’m not sure if I’ll come back to this story or not. I’m glad I won at NaNoWriMo (one more “life accomplishment” I can check off on my list!) but I doubt that I’ll do it again, at least not without being better prepared next time.