Hitting the Books

It’s been three weeks since NaNoWriMo started, and despite slacking off several evenings, I am well on track to finishing on time!  Hit 70% tonight, which translates to just over 35,000 words.  Whew.  And that’s with having to develop a whole new plot line, since the main plot just was not going to fill the full 50,000 words, and having to redraw the floor plan of Summerford Park.  I’m one of those writer’s who has to have maps and pictures and whatnot to be able to write properly, and the set-up I had for the house just was not cutting it.  I had to be careful though, since I love drawing house plans and could easily lose myself in them for hours on end.  Which is not something I have time to do right now.

Well, my eyes are crossing, so I’m going to go crash.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

25,067 baby!

Past the half-way mark!

I have hit the lofty heights of 20,000 words as of 3 a.m. Woohoo!!! At this rate I shall be half done by Tuesday!

Now I have to go finish packing ‘cuz I’m heading out to WV tomorrow. Hope I can keep up the 2,000 a night whilst out there.

Happy writing to all of you!

I did it. I got up the oomph to attempt NaNoWriMo again. I faltered a bit coming out of the starting gate. I originally started working on a book that I had only two scenes written in, and I thought if I didn’t count them in the word count it would be okay. But I still felt guilty since there’s not supposed to be any story written, so I started another one later that day. Despite that blurp, I’ve managed to meet my 2,000 word goal the past three nights. (Or rather mornings. Very early mornings. I tend to do my writing between 11pm and 2am.) I figure if I aim for 2,000 a day, I should have words to spare (since I’m not sure how NaNo’s counting and Word’s counting differ) by the 30th. Lord willin’ and the crik don’t rise.

Well, the only reason I have a moment to post is because I’m waiting for bread dough to rise before plopping myself in front of my laptop for this evening’s session. Don’t want to be interrupted by beeping timers.

Good luck to those of you who are also trying!

TTFNNWM (that’s Typie-Typing for NaNoWriMo)

Yup, NaNoWriMo is just around the corner.

That mad, wild, crazy time when billions and billions (okay, well, just lots and lots–last year 79,000+) of writers, aspiring writers, and plain ol’ lunatics attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. That’s from midnight November 1st to 11:59pm November 30th. From scratch (sorta–background info, character sketches, etc., are allowed).

I did my darndest in 2005, but life got in the way.

I was going to last year, but procrastinated too long.

So the question is, do I try again this year? Or just assume that having a Punkin underfoot will make it an Impossible Dream (To dream the impossible scene, to write the unwriteable book, to try when your arms are too weary, to type with a Punkin underfoot… Sorry–random “Man of La Mancha” moment.)

That is my dilemma. I’m having a rough enough time right now with health issues on top of the usual full plate. Do I really want to add one more thing?

I think I do. I mean, even if I only write 25 pages worth of story, that’s still 25 pages more than I had November 1st. Right?

Write!