NaNo wordcount 27648
November 16th 2008 22:45
Yeah, the last week wasn't the best. But it's ok, there are still two more weekends this month, and I'll got to a few write-ins in the British Library, too.
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NaNo wordcount 20877November 9th 2008 21:12
Going well so far.
I've been to two write-ins this week - for the first time in my 6-year NaNoWriMo history. I wonder what took me so long, they are fun and I got 1,500 words written each time. I donated yesterday, too, because that's what I do on November 8.
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51659November 29th 2007 22:02
I am crawling towards the end.
This November has been interesting for a number of reasons - I will go into detail soon. I have shown, though, that it is possible to write 50k words in (less than) 30 days even if you have no clue what your story is. I'm sure I am repeating myself here, but the only thing that matters is that you sit down and write.
No Wordcount UpdateNovember 27th 2007 23:05
I am taking tonight off. I have worked on my NaNoWriMo Novel every day up until today, and I deserve a break. Also I have the feeling that stepping away from the story for a day is going to do more good than bad.
I spent a lot of nights writing like a headless chicken. In the first week, I had basically no idea where I was going. The least I can do is write a somewhat thought out ending now so that I have an aim when I start editing the first draft.
51443November 26th 2007 21:38
50332November 25th 2007 23:00
I went to London today to treat myself, but was so tired (related to the housemates from hell, don't ask... ) that I nearly fell asleep in Starbucks. But watching people was inspiring, in a way.
50211November 24th 2007 22:54
Participating in NaNoWriMo has taught me a few things, but the most important one is this: If you want to make it as a writer, you have to show up for work. Yeah, this is stating the obvious, but a lot of people - my pre-NaNoWriMo 2002 self included - harbour the romantic notion that a writer only works when inspiration strikes.
Sure, inspiration is a wonderful thing, and it makes the writing life a lot easier. But people who only write when they feel inspired to write something aren't writers. Writers are those people who sit down to write even though they would much rather watch the football, surf the internet or stay in bed. Writers are those people who show up for work even though nobody pays them for it (yet
45511November 23rd 2007 23:47
The end is in sight. When I started out at the beginning of this month, I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it this year.
I didn't have a well-developed novel idea; I was busy at work and the workload has not decreased in the course of November, rather the reverse; I had plans to go away for a long weekend. Well, the story developed as I wrote it - I found out a lot of things I was completely unaware of, and if I put a lot more work in, it might actually be worth reading some day; I managed to write every day despite the fact that work wipes me out every day, and most of the time I enjoyed writing, too; the long weekend in warm and sunny Portugal was canceled (now that was not necessarily a good thing
44236November 22nd 2007 21:12
Have a feeling I am getting sick. Writing tonight was rather painful, but now I am only 5,764 away from 50k. Unless I get a nasty flu, I should get there by Sunday night.
43181November 21st 2007 21:57
I am still on track to make 50k this weekend, despite yesterday's 248-word glitch. One thing is for certain, though: I won't have wrapped up the story by then, and I doubt that I will get it finished this month at all.
But that was not the point for me this year, anyway. My life has been turned upside down this year - partly by events I didn't have any control over, but also because decisions I made (like, say, move to another country), and these changes have kept me from writing. I needed to get back to a daily writing routine, and I am determined to keep writing daily once NaNoWriMo is over. Even if it's as little as 248 words.
41385November 19th 2007 23:33
A little over 1,000 words today. Mondays are particularly hard for me, but the important thing is that I sat down and wrote even though I felt like spending the evening on the couch.
40320November 18th 2007 22:08
Guess who wrote the NaNoWriMo pep talk this week? Neil Gaiman! That alone would have been worth it...
36090November 17th 2007 23:55
This is my rather weird take at this week's Fiction Friday: Pick an existing character. Give them a nickname, but don’t wimp-out and make it a common one. Now tell the story of how the nickname came about.
Shortly after 20:00, Kirsten walks into the restaurant, followed by Karena and a man Carla doesn't know. Nick phoned in earlier to let them know he would be there around 21:00 with two business partners - important ones he wants to impress, too. Rory and Mike brought their friends Daisy and Lilac. Daisy is really called Daisy, but Lilac's real name is Heinz. How he came to be known as Lilac, nobody knows. Lilac always says that he is going to tell the story about his nickname, but then he doesn't. This has lead to a lot of speculation, including the suspicion that Lilac came up with the nickname himself because he hated Heinz so much. Which would be a perfectly reasonable explanation, as far as Carla is concerned. Lilac is thin and not very tall, and he looks much more like a Lilac than like a Heinz.
33061November 16th 2007 23:36
I always wished for a job that made more use of my creative skills. Now that I have such a job, I almost wish I didn't have to be so creative all the time. I often feel I have to recharge my creative batteries to get any writing done. It's a classic careful what you wish for ...
31625November 15th 2007 22:09
You have to resign yourself to the fact that you waste a lot of trees before you write anything you really like, and that's just the way it is.
J.K. Rowling
28300November 13th 2007 23:03
I am only 1,700 words away from 30k - I want to make that tomorrow. I am busy at work at the moment, and that is taking up more of my creative energy than I like. Working at the novel is not easy, and I have no idea if I will have 1,700 words in me tomorrow.
Writing a novel can be really hard work.
26585November 12th 2007 23:29
So I lost - as far as NaBloPoMo is concerned. I was so tired last night that I forgot to post my wordcount for the day ...
I have back-dated this post because I need this to monitor my daily NaNoWriMo progress. Which is ok I guess since I have clearly stated that I did, and I will not claim to be a NaBloPoMo winner at the end of November.
25220November 11th 2007 22:07
Over 3,500 words today - there seem to be none left now.
"The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about (the ego eventually falls apart like a soaked sponge) but simply written; it's a dreadful, awful fact that writing is like any other work." Janet Frame
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