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title: "Day 23 – building now to an exciting conclusion"
date: 2003-11-23
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2003"
    url: "/tag/2003.md"
---

# Day 23 – building now to an exciting conclusion

42,448 words – nearly 85% done. The end of chapter 46 [is here](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310153453/http://www.readwriteweb.com/stories/2003/11/18/nanowrimoNovelPart3.html), then I [started a new page](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310153453/http://www.readwriteweb.com/stories/2003/11/23/nanowrimoNovelPart4.html) for chapter 47 onwards.

While walking in the local park today, feeding the ducks on a lovely sunny breezy Sunday with my wife and two-year old daughter, I had some ideas for the ending of my novel. It’s amazing what fresh air will do. btw my wife said the other day that I have aliens on the brain. Heh.

I’m looking forward to completing my novel by end of this week. It’ll be a load off my mind, but also something real and tangible that I’ll have accomplished.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/2003/11/23.html#a156))*