Okay. Now I can say that I’m officially done.
Thirty days of writing. I think I averaged about 2000 words per day. With the extra day of writing after I hit 50,000, I wrote an extra 3472 words, which bring the total word count of Willow to 53818. Usually, when I work on Willow, I average [...]
Archive for the ‘NaNoWriMo’ Category
4 Dec
NaNoWriMo Wrapup Thoughts
30 Nov
Done with NaNoWriMo, but…
Well, I did it. I made it to 50,000 words with a day to spare.
I did it a lot sooner than I planned, thanks to my hubby. Yesterday, during Daniel’s nap, I had written about 1500 words, so I figured the night session would be sufficient to put me over the edge. I had just [...]
27 Nov
Pulling into the NaNoWriMo Home Stretch
All right.
Three more days, 15 hours left to write. I’ve written 43,324 words so far. I still got a sore throat, Daniel’s been wearing the same clothes for three days now, and the house is a wreck. Well, more of a wreck than usual.
But this is it. Let’s see how quickly I can break 50,000. [...]
22 Nov
Still chugging along…
It’s been quiet at the cafe. The leaves are gone from most of the trees, leaving their stark bare branches to hold up the sky, which has been a smeary gray as late. In the cafe itself, most of the tables are empty. Clientele is low, except for the guy with the goatee reading the [...]
15 Nov
All in all it’s just another brick in the Wall–Halfway Point of NaNoWriMo…
Ugh…my mind is turning to mush. I’m definitely hitting the wall now. Too much willow is turning my brain to ooze. Today, I sat down to write Willow and all I typed out was mush. I’ve been concentrating on it for too long. I want to do something else. Bleh….
Yesterday was the 15th of November. [...]
13 Nov
Sprinting through the Willows without stopping to smell the rewrites…
Last Thursday in the afternoon, I had just finished writing another chapter of Willow. Usually, I time it so that I end a chapter around the end of naptime. Then I get up and go get Daniel, who has been awake and calling for “Mommy!” for ten minutes (and when she doesn’t show up, he [...]
9 Nov
Just keep writing…just keep writing…writing, writing, just keep writing…
The day has come. I’ve been expecting it to come for quite some time now, but I always thought that I wouldn’t reach this point until some time next year.
I’ve reached a point in Willow where I haven’t the faintest clue what will happen next.
I haven’t outlined Willow trilogy down to the very end of [...]
6 Nov
To be a Christian and a Writer…
Is NaNoWriMo supposed to be this much fun?
So let’s see…it’s Sunday. Since November 1, I’ve written about 8477 words so far, a full chapter and a half. I haven’t been worrying too much about content or getting the words just right. Right now, I just want to lay down the main emotions, main thoughts of [...]
2 Nov
And we’re off! The Start of NaNoWriMo
Yesterday was the first full day of NaNoWriMo, which I celebrated by sleeping in late (well, as late as Daniel will allow). The day before I had spent all day trying to finish an essay that was due for a contest that night, so October 31 was a little hectic. I’m glad I can relax [...]
31 Oct
Gearing up for NaNoWriMo…I think…
Yesterday morning, I woke up and got ready to work on the next chapter of Willow. I checked email first, which I usually chide myself not to do, but I couldn’t help it. It’s second nature. Imagine my surprise when I got an email saying only two more days till NaNoWriMo…
Oh yeah. I did sign [...]
