Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Very productive
Had a very good time at the write-in on Sunday. It's not very often I get to hang out with people I have anything in common with (I've got to be honest -- most of my friends live out of town). So, apparently, being around my fellow wrimos increased my productivity, and I did 5000 words with them.
The story is coming along. I'm at 45k, and not even halfway through my outline. My only real problem is that my characters are acting awfully wooden and they aren't talking to each other very much. I have all 5 of my main characters introduced to the reader and to each other, but they aren't as friendly as I thought they would be. I'm hoping they'll cooperate more when I edit the thing.
I've been averaging 5000 words a day since the 1st ... do you think I can hit 50,000 by the end of the day? I think that would be sweet.
The story is coming along. I'm at 45k, and not even halfway through my outline. My only real problem is that my characters are acting awfully wooden and they aren't talking to each other very much. I have all 5 of my main characters introduced to the reader and to each other, but they aren't as friendly as I thought they would be. I'm hoping they'll cooperate more when I edit the thing.
I've been averaging 5000 words a day since the 1st ... do you think I can hit 50,000 by the end of the day? I think that would be sweet.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Halfway through
I'm officially over halfway done with the NaNoWriMo challenge, and it's only been 5 days. Also, after I type a sentence or two, I instinctively press "command S", no matter where I'm typing.
The story is nowhere near halfway done, though. I've finished 89 pages (double spaced), 26k words, and I'm about 20% through my outline. I'm having a wonderful time doing this (obviously). Provides the perfect escape from my life. Yeah, that's not so exciting at the moment. Cubicles, you know?
No interesting procrastination stories today, because I've actually been pretty diligently writing. That said, I'd better get back to it because I've only done five thousand today. Yup. I'm a dork.
And there goes the command S again.
The story is nowhere near halfway done, though. I've finished 89 pages (double spaced), 26k words, and I'm about 20% through my outline. I'm having a wonderful time doing this (obviously). Provides the perfect escape from my life. Yeah, that's not so exciting at the moment. Cubicles, you know?
No interesting procrastination stories today, because I've actually been pretty diligently writing. That said, I'd better get back to it because I've only done five thousand today. Yup. I'm a dork.
And there goes the command S again.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Day three shmay three
Here's what I'm procrastinating with today.
But seriously
Writing is going well. I topped 17k this evening, and I am DONE today. I know some people can do ten thousand words a day, but I think I'm doing pretty well with my average 5k/day.
Anyway. I'm doing more telling than showing (bad), and my characters are being kinda
cardboard (also bad). But that's what "they" say December is for. I'm really tempted to go
back and edit a bunch of stuff, but NEVER FEAR! I will be strong and power through the rest of the month without editing, even if I finish this novel and have to start a new one.
Yes. You can tell I'm tired right now. I think I'll watch a little TV and sleep.
P.S. What the heck happened with my formatting today??
But seriously
Writing is going well. I topped 17k this evening, and I am DONE today. I know some people can do ten thousand words a day, but I think I'm doing pretty well with my average 5k/day.
Anyway. I'm doing more telling than showing (bad), and my characters are being kinda
cardboard (also bad). But that's what "they" say December is for. I'm really tempted to go
back and edit a bunch of stuff, but NEVER FEAR! I will be strong and power through the rest of the month without editing, even if I finish this novel and have to start a new one.
Yes. You can tell I'm tired right now. I think I'll watch a little TV and sleep.
P.S. What the heck happened with my formatting today??
Monday, November 2, 2009
Quick update
Hi everyone
Two days in and I'm already a little over 11 thousand words. Almost twelve thousand. So far, I've only encountered two characters ... not even side, background characters are around. Two people total. I have no idea how I've got so many words with so few people ... I guess we'll see in December if what I've written is worth anything whatsoever.
That's all for now. Got to get back to work.
Two days in and I'm already a little over 11 thousand words. Almost twelve thousand. So far, I've only encountered two characters ... not even side, background characters are around. Two people total. I have no idea how I've got so many words with so few people ... I guess we'll see in December if what I've written is worth anything whatsoever.
That's all for now. Got to get back to work.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
And GO!!
So far, so good. In my self-imposed 100,000 word limit (I've done 50,000 three times already; it's time to challenge myself), I'm already past my daily goal of 3,333 words. Already on page 15!