NaNoWriMo 2008

I'm happy with my start. Of course, so much of it seems like drivel with an occasional great sentence/metaphor/phrase.

I had to skip writing on Monday. Totally wiped out from helping a friend move her needlework shop.

But I've caught up some. As of yesterday, I was 587 words short. With luck, I'll make that up today.

I had some realizations. One: I wish I could write by talking out during long car trips. There's something about being in a car that for boring rides that set my mind on the correct path. I'm trying to recreate that while sitting at the computer. Not totally working, but things are better than last year.

Two: Show it, don't tell it. Argh. The whole beginning is crap. I think the tense is off or something as I tried to set up the backstory which is essential.

Three: Haven't had any character surprise me yet. But there's something bubbling under the surface and I think my major theme is about to be hijacked. Like totally.

Four: Write or Die. Terrific website. Made those last 500 words possible the other night.

Weird

Yesterday I unconsciously recreated the meal I'd written about for our real life dinner...WTF?

It wasn't until I was chomping down on a pickle that I realized what I had done.

I'm on target for 50,000. Would like to get to 60,000 if I can, but I'll be happy making fifty.

Day One NaNoWriMo

I've got a word count of 1690. Of course, at 6:00 p.m. EST I could not log on to the NaNo website to post my word count.

I intended to write to 2,000 but it was getting late and was time to make supper.

November 1st

In an interesting twist, I have decided that all my thoughts, jottings, and plotting that I have done in the month of October need to be saved for another day. On Tuesday I realized that I had far too much invested in my characters to use them for NaNoWriMo and that I needed a fresh start.

Luckily as I was driving down the road an opening line came to me. And there standing before me was a newborn character all shiny and ready for action. While waiting at my neighborhood pizza joint last night, two of her rules for living came to me out of the blue.

I am all set to jump into a convertible with this woman and head off down Highway 1.

New Slate

Time ignore that which went before and start clean.

This is my official NaNoWriMo support blog.

I've found a local IRL support group that I may check out. I'm trying to be serious about these 50,000 words.

But I've got some plot work to do before November 1st.

5,443 words

I am woefully behind. Should be approaching 20,000 or at least over 10,000. But it's fun anyway.

There's an article in the Sunday Source section of the Washington Post about NaNoWriMo.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110901695.html

shamelessly stolen

"The only thing wrong with being an atheist is you have no one to talk to when you have an orgasm."

Got to love it.