I hope everyone's gotten off to or is getting off to a flying start today - don't worry if not, but try to get some words in - and if the urge takes you, don't stop at 1667 - it's a minimum recommendation, so don't let it stop you. It's good to pace yourself, but it's equally good to take every lead you can in the early days!
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Good luck, and if you need me for anything - random plot ideas (see the new thread), encouragement or talking you back up onto the ledge before taking your flying leap into a dozen pages in a fever dream, gimmie a shout.
And remember YOU are all incredible. Congratulations on taking the first steps to having a blast (and questioning every ounce of your sanity) this month.
Kai
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 26
Thanks for the encouragement Kai! Today is perfect weather for writing. The wind is howling, the rain is coming and going and the sun has even made a brief cameo for a few minutes. I had a good start this year and its a story I am looking forward to writing!
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Nov 2, 2009 - 09 35
I did really badly yesterday (400ish words), but I have an excuse (already! that can't be a good sign!) I spent most of the day with family then had a 3 hour train journey home, during which I hoped to write but had to stand for most of it so couldn't :(
However I did come up with a lot of ideas which I'm now fleshing out.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 03 51
Oh how frustrating - it's bad enough having to stand for ages on trains anyway, worse during NaNo!
I'm Sarah, I live up in Newent, nearish the borders with Worcs and Herefordshire, and close to the Forest of Dean (though I am not a Forester!)
It's going much better than expected this year, especially since all I knew till I started writing was my character's name! It has unexpectedly turned into a fantasy novel to some degree, which seems to make it easier to find stuff to write about more than the very ordinary story I wrote last year, so here's a tip - if you're struggling to make the count, give one of your characters strange powers, it seems to help *laughs*
Hope everyone's going well!
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