NaNo Day 9: 17,417
According to where I need to be at this point, I’m running about 3,000 words behind. If I have a good writing weekend, I’ll catch up. But 1807 words in a day is nothing to sneeze at, so I’m happy.
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NaNo Day 8: 15,610
That’s 1696 for today. All written at Panera with my other local NaNoWriMoer typing away across the coffee table from me. She’s ahead of me by about 1500 words I think. This is her second NaNo, and she topped out at around 12,000 words last year, so I’m proud of … Continue reading →
NaNo Day 7: 13,914
Before I litanize the word count, Nienke’s raised some interesting questions. NaNoWriMo is about writing a 50,000 word novel. In theory, that should be a work of fiction. But the rules are 50,000 new words and the verifier only counts words. It’s designed to help people who’ve never written that … Continue reading →
NaNo Day 6: 12,445
Only 421 really bad words tonight. I feel achy and tired. I’m going to knock off and shift to the laptop. I make no promises about getting anything more written, though.
Continue reading →NaNo Day 5: 12,024
Rattling around clicking out words. Nothing new on characters or plot today, but theme exploration is coming nicely — remember, this year’s NaNo is all about regularity. Writing regularly. Finding my way. Given some of the headlines, it shouldn’t come as too large a surprise that one of the themes … Continue reading →
NaNo Day 4: 9320
A comfortable 3242 words today. And an odd, odd development. You knew about Sakura I mentioned the cherry trees Today, Rotikkans showed up. A creature I dreamed about this morning just before waking up. As mentioned in the last post, it’s an alligator-like creature that slithers on its back. It … Continue reading →
New Creature
I have a new creature, and I don’t know what to call it. It’s an alligator able to slither on it’s back. It’s able to use its arms and legs to carry things as it travels. Any ideas?
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I purchased Mindjet MindManager after a couple weeks on the trial download. I’ve been using it for several things — whether mapping my ever-expanding job at work (I have version 5 on my desk at work, and that was my first exposure to it) or laying out my NaNo “novel” … Continue reading →
NaNo Day 3: 6078
A little slower day. I’m going to get some sleep and come back at it tomorrow. More drivel. Of course. It’s NaNo. What else would I be writing?
Continue reading →NaNo Day 2: 5158
On track for word count goals. Today’s highlight? Right at the end, I found a character. Yup. After 5000 words of drivel, I found a character. I think I’ve mentioned KT Tunstall’s song “Big Black Horse and A Cherry Tree” has been calling to me? I couldn’t figure out why. … Continue reading →