Now that the madness of NaNo is over, I can get back to life as I knew it before the start of November. Thankfully, I was able to get to my word count of just over fifty thousand last night. It felt good to finish ahead of schedule, which means I get some free time this weekend.
Not that I have the luxury of goofing off. I’ve had a request from a publisher based on a partial I sent in October, so that’s my next project. No sooner do I close the book on one project do I have to start moving on another.
But that’s okay, it’s what we writers do in the quest for publication. I’ve had some successes during this past month as well as a major disappointment, but more anon…
The NaNo project is going well. I ‘m at just over 18,000 words. I’d started plotting the novel in October, so I had a good idea of where I needed to go before I started.
Six chapters in, the way got a bit fuzzy and I needed to stop and chart my course again. I got some great suggestions from my writing pals at thenextbigwriter.com so I’m off and running again.
Tomorrow I’ll do the next chapter when I’m feeling a lot less tired.
Hope you’re making waves if you’re participating in this crazy thing called NaNoWriMo!
Four days in, I’m making strides with my current project. The ideas are constant, the juices are flowing and the words are coming out in the right order.
I hear some of my pals complaining about writing crap, thankfully, I don’t have that problem. Could be because I know where I’m going with this story. Plus I have the good fortune of having the sentences fall in place where they should. If this keeps up, I may actually make it to fifty thousand words come November 30.
Last time I got to 48k. I hope that life continues to be kind to me this month so that I get ahead of my target and stay there. I have to work two full weekend days mid month. If I’m lucky, I’ll win a scholarship I applied for and will also have a three day workshop weekend.
Soooo, I’m signing off to go add to my word count.
Good luck to all fellow NaNo writers.
