Hi, all.
Last year someone would start one of these each day, to moan or celebrate how we're doing. I don't remember what we called them, so I picked this for today.
After near panic right up until last night, I actually had a decent writing day. 2563, so I have a little cushion moving into Monday. I did about half of a short story, then got back to the novel. So at this point I'm still a NaNo Rebel.
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“It only has to be written. It doesn’t have to be perfect.” - Elizabeth Bear
26,628 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 22 59
I had a decent day word-count-wise. The writing sucks so far, but I'm more concerned about spewing out the plot at this point - will pretty it up in re-write, heh.
52,704 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 00 48
I had a good day. I'm well on my way to 50k with my first 5k+. Now on to tomorrow.
35,000 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 03 31
I've had a good two writing days already, as Laos at +7 GMT is a good deal ahead of the rest of the world. So far, about 13,000 words, though I haven't updated my word count as I plan to attend the Messenger write in organized by the Thailand group. I'm hoping that this writing enthusiasm bodes well for the rest of the month, as I have a labor-intensive home office visit coming up as well as a whole bunch of other work-related things.
Good luck to everyone else!
43,336 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 03 33
Over 4000, which I thought was good, so I am happy as long as I don't go back and read what I have written.
52,042 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 04 19
Over 3,400, which was fine considering that everybody in my family seemed to need to call me and talk for a while, so my train of thought got derailed late in the day.
Of course what I wrote was garbage but it's a start.
36,365 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 06 02
Over 4000, so it was a pretty good day, even with the computer acting up and the cats acting out. If I continue at this rate, I might actually make my goal of finishing the rough draft of the entire novel this month.
----------2005 In Back of the North Wind WINNER!
2006 Leopard's Paw WINNER!
2007 The Old Straight Track (finished) WINNER!
2008 The Other Side of the Wall (finished) WINNER!
2009 Dark Inheritance
61,370 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 06 10
I set a goal of 3,000 words and did a little over 6,000, which surprised me. So it was a very good day.The first chapter is done, and I'm about 80% of the way through the second.
----------Whatever the words say, there's always more beneath.
My writing blog: Words on Top
http://wordsontop.blogspot.com
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NaNo '09 - Gift of Blood: Beginnings and Endings
NaNo '10 - Gift of Blood: Michel (tentative)
52,173 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 07 23
I set out to write as many words as I could the first day, and managed 5039. So now I've set 5000 words a day as my goal, even though I know I won't reach it every day - too many other demands on my time. But I would love to finish two novel drafts this month - or at least get a chance to start the second one.
I see some of you did even better - way to go geezers!!
19,095 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 07 23
3,641 in two days, so I'm a bit ahead of schedule. I need to get over the mindset of wanting it to be perfect and just get words down on the page and keep the story going.
clm
70,455 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 08 59
Celebrate:
I'm happy with my word count so far, and am writing as much as I can in the first few days so that I'll feel optimistic about finishing.
Kvetch:
----------My mouse is acting up in Word.
I have no more outline prepared, so I'm just winging it from this point on.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
41,975 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 09 03
celebrate: my goal was 2,500 words and I hit 3.062!!!
Kvetch: I can't stop life for 5 hours daily like I did yesterday. *sigh* Today's goal: 1500
----------Pika
"I can juggle verbs, adverbs and nouns, I can make them dance 'till they all fall down." - Jimmy Buffett
65,940 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 22
Wooooo-hooooo, I'm celebrating!!!
I wrote over 10K words in one day and I feel great! Now, I'm on my weekday schedule of working nine hours a day and writing for possible three hours. Oh well, I have a little word-count cushion that I can reinflate this upcoming weekend.
----------2004: Daniel In The Lion's Den (mystery/suspense)
2005: Two Women And A Girl: EGG, MAT, and MSG (mystery/suspense)
2007: Finding Emma Jane (fictionalized memoir)
2009: Foreplay (mystery/suspense)
36,365 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 44
Kvetch. I slept most of today because it was too cold to sleep last night. And I have jury duty tomorrow. I may just stay up and go to it. Otherwise I'll be in deep, deep sleep when my alarm goes off, and I'll oversleep and get into trouble with the authorities. I don't need that on top of everything else I'm dealing with. Why do they have to call me for jury duty in November?
----------2005 In Back of the North Wind WINNER!
2006 Leopard's Paw WINNER!
2007 The Old Straight Track (finished) WINNER!
2008 The Other Side of the Wall (finished) WINNER!
2009 Dark Inheritance