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Deskdude "It's based on a novel by a man named Lear..."

One week down. 2 days ago

Three to go. I’m on schedule with my writing so far. I have over 14K words. By the end of today I should be one day ahead, giving myself a cushion. Going to plan on going to a write-in on Tuesday night after work, so that should keep me going for the next few days as well.



Deskdude "It's based on a novel by a man named Lear..."

Day 5 is Done 5 days ago

And I’m right on schedule after taking yesterday off. I’m hoping to get another day ahead this weekend, that way I can take a day off in the coming week if I need to.

Approaching 10K words!



Untitled 6 days ago

Yes!! I am under way and hve written more than 8 thousand words so far. Want to get to at least 9k by the end of the day!!!

Going well so far



Free1966 is plotting

Day Three 1 week ago

Just finished another 2585 words, bringing my total up to 10,933.

I’m only on day three and I can clearly see why some people never finish NaNoWriMo. Just disciplining one’s self to sit down and write takes strength…particularly when there are so many other things you’d rather be doing like being a couch potato and channel surfing, lol. Ok, maybe that’s just me…

Anywho, I did it and I hope my fellow NaNo buddies are tapping away at those keys (or scribbling by hand) as well. Let’s go, people! :)



Deskdude "It's based on a novel by a man named Lear..."

Day 3 1 week ago

Up to 6300+ words. I’m ahead of schedule by one day, which is good because I’m not going to get to do anything on it tomorrow. :(



Free1966 is plotting

Day Two 1 week ago

Did 2211 words today (well, actually, yesterday since I’m writing this at 2:19a), which brings me up to 8,348 for the overall challenge.

Still adjusting to the idea of not editing and just writing furiously. Thank goodness this is only a rough draft!



Free1966 is plotting

Day One 1 week ago

Wrote 6,137 words today.

I’m thinking I can do this! ;)



Deskdude "It's based on a novel by a man named Lear..."

Day 1 1 week ago

3600+ words! I’m sure I won’t be able to keep up this pace, but it’s good to have solid footing for the trek. Had a good time at the midnight kickoff. – Got a couple of friends involved and doing it with me, so it’s not just a solitary excitement. :)



Deskdude "It's based on a novel by a man named Lear..."

Tonight's The Night 1 week ago

(”...it’s gonna be alright…”)

Midnight kickoff for NaNoWriMo! Heading downtown with a couple of friends for a city-wide meetup at midnight to light this candle!



Free1966 is plotting

Whew! 1 week ago

Even though the challenge doesn’t start until Sunday, there’s so much to be done b4 then!

So…

I’ve been fleshing out my characters and writing out the various phases of my plot. I feel a little overwhelmed at times because the story is growing faster than I can get all of my notes jotted down. I’m scribbling them on index cards to use as my guides when I actually start writing. The problem is that, as my story progresses, I’m creating little details that should have been written on my cards in earlier phases. Some going back and adding while others I’m just hoping I’ll remember when the proper time comes.

Although the ideas are flowing, I’m not sure I’ll be able to get all of my notes down by Sunday. I mean, today is Thursday and I won’t work on this on Saturday, so that only leaves today and tomorrow to pull it all together. I guess this is why it’s recommended that all of this be done at least a month in advance. LOL



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