I wrote a 51,173 word novel--And with two days to spare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thanksgiving Day
Happy TG! Today is my penultimate day of writing.
It is 8:30 AM and here goes….
9:33—1145 words
9:41—1320 words
Tea break
10:36—2135
Total—47,882
I give thanks for NaNoWriMo and I give thanks that tomorrow I will be done with NaNoWriMo.
It is 8:30 AM and here goes….
9:33—1145 words
9:41—1320 words
Tea break
10:36—2135
Total—47,882
I give thanks for NaNoWriMo and I give thanks that tomorrow I will be done with NaNoWriMo.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Day 26 in Vermont
Today we drove to Stowe, did some shopping, walked around, had lunch and then took a tour of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory. Piece of total trivia: My favorite flavor, Cherry Garcia, is their best selling flavor!
Then we soaked in the hot tub.
I wrote before we left: 8:27---506 words
And then again when we came back: 5:23 to
6:31—1629 words
New total: 45,747
Then we soaked in the hot tub.
I wrote before we left: 8:27---506 words
And then again when we came back: 5:23 to
6:31—1629 words
New total: 45,747
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Day 25 in Vermont
I realize that if I do 2132 words today and each day from now until Friday I can be finished on Friday!
I’ve been doing this for about 2 hours and am at 1861, so just 271 words more! I have been doing some filling in of information about the characters, description and stuff about Cast’s ideas.
There was a suggestion in the Baty book about describing weather. I think I will do that next!
2138 at 11:14.
Total: 43,612
I’ve been doing this for about 2 hours and am at 1861, so just 271 words more! I have been doing some filling in of information about the characters, description and stuff about Cast’s ideas.
There was a suggestion in the Baty book about describing weather. I think I will do that next!
2138 at 11:14.
Total: 43,612
Monday, November 24, 2008
Day 24 in Vermont
No writing yesterday—traveling to Vermont
Today: 2 writing sessions, morning and evening
Morning: 1003 words
Evening: Just read Chris Baty email and he said to write 250 words when I finished, so here goes. Wrote 187. Stopped for dinner.
Later: 2017 Total today
Grand total so far: 4l,474
Today: 2 writing sessions, morning and evening
Morning: 1003 words
Evening: Just read Chris Baty email and he said to write 250 words when I finished, so here goes. Wrote 187. Stopped for dinner.
Later: 2017 Total today
Grand total so far: 4l,474
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Day #22
The 45th anniversary of the day Kennedy was shot.
Writer Gayle Brandeis quoting Margaret Atwood in a NaNoWriMo email:
“A word after a word/after a word is power.”
I really like that quote. It helps me.
10:30 1547 words. Gotta keep going.
11 AM—2005 words
New Total: 39,457
Writer Gayle Brandeis quoting Margaret Atwood in a NaNoWriMo email:
“A word after a word/after a word is power.”
I really like that quote. It helps me.
10:30 1547 words. Gotta keep going.
11 AM—2005 words
New Total: 39,457
Friday, November 21, 2008
Day # 21
From writer Janet Fitch in a NaNoWriMo email :
"I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all."
This is a quote about writing in general, but I made the decision to enter something I had written last May to the Writer’s Digest short-short story contest, under 1500 words. I just did it. That is a first for me. MY JUDGEMENT is that it is a completely weird piece. That no one but ME could possibly understand it. That may very well be. But submitting it was much easier than doing something like that would have been in the past. I just did it. And who knows what a reader might think? Who knows if it says anything at all in such a short space. I want it to be totally creepy. I do not know if I have succeeded. But I submitted it. How cool is that??
Wrote 2064 words.
New total: 37,452
"I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all."
This is a quote about writing in general, but I made the decision to enter something I had written last May to the Writer’s Digest short-short story contest, under 1500 words. I just did it. That is a first for me. MY JUDGEMENT is that it is a completely weird piece. That no one but ME could possibly understand it. That may very well be. But submitting it was much easier than doing something like that would have been in the past. I just did it. And who knows what a reader might think? Who knows if it says anything at all in such a short space. I want it to be totally creepy. I do not know if I have succeeded. But I submitted it. How cool is that??
Wrote 2064 words.
New total: 37,452
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