Day one--how'd you do?

I did 1858 words this evening! Woohoo! My goal was 1700, so I feel really good about that. I could probably write more, but it is bedtime. I apparently thought I was a rock star on both Friday and Saturday nights, and now my liver is in full-on rebellion mode. Stupid vital organs...

If you're done for the day, I posted an excerpt from my first chapter. Feel free to mosey (sp?) on over to my profile and check it out.

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Dianne

NaNoWriMo 2009 - Ignoring June

9,949 words! I began working at Midnight and worked until 3:30 b/c I just couldn't sleep. I got about 5,500 words then and I did the rest this evening!

DianneinSC--- i read about your book, sounds good! good luck btw

Awesome!

Dianne - you've inspired me to go look for a nice section to post And writer - just... wow. You are a word maestro. Great job everyone!

Wowsa! That's an amazing word count, writer-4! You sharers of words are brave. I can't share my crazy nano drafts. They are scary. And since this week is going to mostly be narrative summary for me, I'm proud of you lot for getting out intelligible words that a) form complete sentences and b) make sense and c) are really good! ^_^ Keep it up -- tomorrow is the dreaded "Monday"...*shudder*

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson

StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009

Double comment.

You ladies have done quite well. You rock! :-D I got a modest 1950 words in exactly. My goal is 10 pages a day, which equates to about 2000 words in courier new.

Every year, I decide to go to some sort of group writing venture. "Last year was a fluke. You'll be productive this year. I promise."

x_X 960 words later, I think I'm confident enough to say that I'm genuinely too distracted by the presence of other writers to get anything done in company. I was hoping to get the majority of my writing done last night, but... yeah. Spent my planning time trying to get Thomas and Alex to the meeting, spent my writing time planning, ate copious amounts of pomegranate- and pumpkin-flavored candy, and got jackshit done. Then I said, "Well, I'll do the rest of my night-time writing at home, once Alex goes to sleep." An hour-and-a-bit of getting lost on the way home nixed that. Drove Alex in to Irmo at 11 for work. Napped in the truck while waiting for dog training to begin. Dog training all afternoon. Got home at like, 6. Slept until now. My high goal is looking less interesting and more laughable as every hour passes.

I'm going to hit 3k before I go to bed and hope to do better tomorrow.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/MyMonth/95590-goal=200000-pc-day...
Ideal Goal: 200k
Minimum Goal: finish Only Child

That wasn't so bad! I'm kind of a plodder (not plotter), so making 1700 each day is my goal--no sprinting up front. I would just get winded.

And I made that goal with relatively little pain. I did get sidetracked for a lot of the time though. I kept having to research cell phone/internet/satellite technology in order to determine how, in the near future (around 2050), there would be the ability to witness (but not enter into) events from the last 300 years (kind of a reasonable version of time travel). I think I enjoyed the challenge of constructing a future technology that was built upon present realities. (Maybe Michio Kaku has enticed my imagination with his "Physics of the Impossible".) As I could have predicted, it is the non-fiction that is driving me to create the fiction.

Anyway, thanks for asking. Day one was great. Glad to see the rest of y'all had a good start too.

I'm amazed that I even hit the target, actually; not only did a rescue vehicle retrieve my inner editor from the desert, but I wound up rewriting entirely the 1000 words I did last night (it wasn't just bad writing, it was removing and adding characters in the scene). Will have to think of a more creative way to get rid of the inner editor........

*sigh* Alright, after reading a lot of the posts here, I feel shamed, lol. But I know I shouldn't, everyone works at their own pace after all. Considering that last year I only broke 11,000 words by the end, the results from my work last night and into the wee hours of this morning have given me more confidence in my ability to finish this year. I still have some catching up to do for today. I'm currently 500 words or thereabouts short of the daily goal for yesterday to keep at a good rate of writing. Granted, the first chance I had to sit down at my computer and write was at 10:00p.m. as I was out of town for most of the day and then doing roller derby practice. But also, my inner editor is out of control. I've never been able to fathom the concept of any kind of heavy editing after finishing a body of work. Papers for school, short stories, etc were always edited as I go, with a basic read through for grammar and spelling at the end. Since I wasn't able to attend the Halloween event with you guys, I'm thinking about trying out this exercise of locking up the editor. And counting it towards my word count of course. ;-)
Heather

Aaron, I <3 Michio Kaku, and hope that I never meet him because he cannot possibly be as cool in person as he is in his writings. I have two books by him and want more.

In other news: y'all, I am officially behind. I think I have around 1400 words by now... I think...

However, I'm kind of having fun, so that works. Plus there's time enough for love, er words, so I won't panic quite yet. :D

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Well for day one I ended at 2753 words. My goal was about 1700. I felt really good about it surpassing my goal. Since I had my outline all ready to go the words just flowed. I am not stressed or worried that I might not make the 50k goal...I think I might even surpassit since I have so much free time on the weekends!
I am sooo Siked. I can't wait to see what my story looks like when I am finished. As I write things just come to me that weren't even on the outline. I work it in and BAM! It's like magic right now. I hope it lasts!!!!

- What doesn't kill will probably make you wish you were dead -

I had planned for hitting 4K to get ahead, but I didn't hit it. I got to 2184 words. I'm going to try to get at least 2000 words tonight! Everyone is doing great! If you didn't hit your goal today, that is ok. You have plenty of time left in the month to catch up.

Go Tigers!

I had a good first day. Had the house to myself which always allows the oooze from my mind to splatter in colorful patterns. Produced 2300 woods, cleaned the lint from my navel and prepared some hot water for my wife to soak in when she got home. later

I was aiming for 500 for my first considering I had, in my opinion, a late start.
Surprise, surprise, the notebook I'm writing in gives me space for about 510 words a page. My late night count went to 4200 on the dot. I'm actually quite proud of it considering last year I ended a wee short of 13k

Fun Fact: Claiming NaNoWriMo as your religion and your writing desk, along with the buliding that houses it, a place of worship will not get you federal tax reductions.

NaNo 2008: To His Face-Fantastic FAIL (13k)
NaNo 2009: Blackjack-We shall see...

I got 1750 on day one just trucking along (@Incandescent, I found having my mp3 player really helped in the group situation. I could engage if I wanted, but I could tune out, too, and write and nobody seemed to mind...right guys? ...I make no apologies for the pomegranates, though. :D )

Things are a little slower right now since I've been at work all day, but the phones are quiet at the moment, so I'm getting ready to settle in for the last hour and TYPE TYPE TYPE! :D

Euphemia (2008)
Heir of Solland (2009)
Need to waste some time this Nano? Check out Subeta!

I kicked off with 3025 words yesterday. It seems strange to me to have finished on such a round-sounding number, and that was even the end of a sentence and everything. Anyway, that means I almost hit my word count goal yesterday -- missed it by 575 words (I'm insane and trying to do other writing projects during November, so I have a 3600-word goal on days that I actually have scheduled for writing). The plan was to squeeze in a bit more late last night, but I was just too tired to write any more after I got home. Anyway, we have our first official local write in here in Florence tonight, so hopefully a few more word wars will boost me back up over where I need to be!

Congrats to everyone on doing so well!

~Nikki
http://www.nlberger.com

NaNoWriMo 2006 - Aundroma I: Memories
NaNoWriMo 2007 - Aundroma II: Missions (won!) AND Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
NaNoWriMo 2008 - Aundroma III: Momentum (won!)
NaNoWriMo 2009 - Death Makes A Lousy Dinner Date

Not so good... got distracted by football yesterday and severe pain today. But I'm not letting myself get too upset about it, I know a LOT more about four of my characters then I did when I started, including names for two of them. ;-)

... My three year old nephew just fell off his play-desk in his room onto his face. Poor tyke. My mom is taking him to the ER just in case. Poor l'il guy, he was scared. My mom (Nana) is going with him, but he kept asking me "Gowing 'way?" As though it meant for sure he'd never get to come back.

Lately, when my mom has had to go to the ER, she's had to stay for a few days which really does mean forever to him. Its really heartbreaking...

Hope fully they'll give him something to help the pain - he usually shakes things off obscenely quick, but not this time.
Nnnn. I feel like I should have gone with him, but My brother and I are here with my niece and his mom is heading in from Orangeburg (work). I'm sure she'll just bypass us and head straight there. *Sigh*

I should really write some more but... ya know? *Sigh*

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Ok - He's back. Nice and swollen, but nothing is broken, just badly bruised. He might even wake up with a black eye tomorrow to accompany the swollen lip and nose but he'll be fine. He's in a chipper mood too. *Whew*

Ahhh...

Of course, though I made my word count for day two I'm scratching my head over the very adult turn my supposed young adult fantasy took. Worse, my MCs explained its whole purpose so I can't cut it out later either... *sigh* Lol. I'll just have to write with a red face and make sure it never sees the light of day... Lol!

G'night everyone!

I totally agree, Vert. I once saw Kaku on camera, walking the viewers through a documentary. Somehow he seemed lesser. In his writing he is brilliant and awe-inspiring. It's one thing to write that way; it's another to chatter that way. He kind of came across as arrogant and nonplussed about the wonders of the universe (in contrast to James Burke when he was translated from script to screen). Crazy how the same text feels so different spoken versus written. Make no mistake though: The guy's super smart and really cool. I would love to borrow his brain... in a non-zombie sort of way. He's amazing.

Keep penciling away! Best wishes!

Jayde, glad the small one is okay! It's weird how they're so sturdy and fragile at the same time. One of the reasons I'm convinced they are aliens, or ...proto-humans. Reminds me of the Macross saga... h'mmm...

Some writing was accomplished at the dentist's yesterday, which was cool. My FMC has moved from the bar to the hotel bathroom to the dead guy's room. Hopefully today will see her delivering the goods. :)

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Yeah Jayde I am glad your nephew is OK! If it were my niece I would probably Be freaking out. She's 8 ,but I don't see her alot so any time we are together I am Super Protective. My sister is like "You need to calm down" I'm so glad I can give her back cause if I had a kid I might be an over protective mom.

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I hope I can get some words out today. I have a minute now, but I am having a little problem getting things worked out...I just can't see the scene. We will see what happens later! Good Luck everyone on Day 3!!!

- What doesn't kill will probably make you wish you were dead -

Jayde...I'm glad the poor thing is ok. I agree, Vert. They are definitely aliens or cybermen. They're indestructible except by great force. I think we grow into our mortality or something. Certainly we don't bend or bounce the way we used to as adults. When I think back to my childhood, it is a miracle my brother and I survived to adulthood with all our limbs attached. My nephew is showing the same kind of dare-devil tendencies. If I ever run out of words, I think I'm going to write the story of the stuff my brother and I did so that Carolyn (my sis-in-law) can use it as a things to watch for guide for Hunter.

Happy Noveling

Vikki

Go Tigers!

Elaine, how'd the writing go yesterday? Did you get where you wanted to be?

p.s. You need to post your word count in the author info section. Or find out how come it isn't showing up in your post bars. :)

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Thanks Vert! I did it. I didn't realize that I should do that. I didn't hit my goal yesterday, but I hit it today, and the day is not even over yet. I am hoping to knock out another 1,000 before the night ends.

So I feel really accomplisehd because I finished the first part of the first section of my out line. It's a little goal achieved, but when I look at the rest of the outline I cringe cause I still have a long way to go.

Has anyone else had their story go in directions you hadn't planned on in your outlining process?
For me it's like reading a new version of a a book you already read. I love it!

- What doesn't kill will probably make you wish you were dead -

Yeah. My story is tracking a couple degrees off already from where I wanted it to go. Interesting details about social structures and political structures are coming to light. Also, a new character has goals, and an organization is feeling the pinch.

/nods. Good times ahead for sure. :)

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Sounds like a decently mixed bag of successes and uncertainty in the word count foray. Remember that whatever you have is more than you had on October 31! ^_^

Make sure you're getting the NaNoWriMo emails - there is and will continue to be great encouragement to be had from a variety of published authors.

Apparently my code name this NaNo is Deliverer of Procrastinatelings........oops. But I'm going to link to another great blog post from a pubbed author anyway:
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/11/04/nano-tip-no-4-word-count-...

We should be up to 8335 today, but if you're not there yet, do press on! I find weekends to most productive for word counts.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson

StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009