Mental Meanderings

NaNoWriMo Progress

Since Mel's taken an interest I figured I'd give everyone an update on my NaNoWriMo Progress.

I'm on track although it hasn't been easy. The story flowed well the first day (3188 words) but then it all seemed to dry up. I struggled to get 1377 words the next day then nothing at all for two days after that. I sat myself down and made myself write for an hour the following three days and managed to drag 1394, 739, 626.

Thankfully forcing myself to do it got me back on track and the last three days have been much better again, 3126, 4084, 2879. I had to work overtime to catch up but I'm on track now and the story has been bringing me some surprises.

I hadn't done any plotting before starting so it's all unfolding right before my eyes as I write it. I do a bit of ruminating during each day then watch the results appear on the screen when I write.

I got the book by NaNoWriMo's creator, Chris Baty called No Plot? No Problem! There doesn't seem to be many 'tips' but it does encourage you to just do it. Get the words out no matter how bad or rediculous they seem as they happen. You can edit in December after you've written the 50,000 words.

So, I'm progressing, and I'm pretty pleased with the way things are coming along in the story. I'm not going to share anything more than the short exerpt I have with my profile on the NaNoWriMo website. The rest will be available when it reaches second, or maybe third draft.

Still, got lots of words to write and the month is already almost half over. Only 4 weeks left of the school year and Christmas is right around the corner.