Thanks to a flurry of writing activity over here, I am within sight of my goal of 50k words written on my novel in the month of November. I have just 5k words left to write, and considering I wrote 6k today and yesterday, that should be no problem tomorrow. I just have to make [...]
“Show, don’t tell” is a common mantra among editors, would-be editors, writing experts of both the genuine and self-proclaimed type (I don’t claim to be either, by the way. I just like to share what I’ve learned and what works for me!). However, I think sometimes these people don’t quite know what it really means…and [...]
There are six days left, and I am halfway through my nano. I am “only” 15k words behind now, which is an improvement from being 16k behind. I have to write 4148 words per day for the next six days if I’m going to finish. There are worse things. The good thing is, the holiday [...]
Well, my busy schedule has continued to be ridiculously busy (making money, which is good for the whole paying rent and bills and buying food thing), which means I’ve had little time to write. I thought I’d get some done while travelling, but got maybe 2k done. Last night, I was going to go to [...]
I have been super busy the past week, between getting a bunch of work in and having a bunch of events that took me out of the house for hours upon hours. Therefore, I missed four or five days of writing. I went to an all-nighter write-in last night in hopes of catching up, but [...]
I am now a whole day behind. I guess this is the rhythm for this year’s nano for me…get caught up, fall behind. Get caught up, fall behind. Alas, what are you gonna do? I’ll just keep pressing on. Also, have I mentioned I am just not feeling this book? It’s slow and booooooring. I [...]
I didn’t get much done on NaNo today…too much work, a riding lesson and dinner at Mom’s…I didn’t think I’d get any done, but I made myself sit down and write a few hundred words so I’m only 1000 behind…I don’t know how much I’ll do tomorrow, but hopefully at least 1667 so it won’t [...]
Well, the NaNoWriMo site thinks it’s tomorrow already, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s still today. I didn’t think I was going to meet my goal today, and I didn’t–haha! Surprise ending…Ok, it’s 12:24 and I’m a little tired, so I’m amusing myself. Anyway….I didn’t write 1667 words today, but I did pass the [...]
It’s monday, and the third day in a row of being on track! I did just a tiny bit over my daily goal and ended the day at 13,737 words. Did you know nanowrimo.org has a stats tab on your profile where you can see how you’re doing in relation to your goal? It tells [...]
The first week of NaNo is over, and at this point we should be at 11,669 words. I am at…drumroll…12,000! Yippee, ahead of schedule! Ever so slightly, but ahead nonetheless. I would love it if I could actually finish the whole book by November 30. It’s one thing to get to 50k words, but then [...]