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About LinkBacksNational Novel Writing Month 2011 has officially begun!
How are things going for you so far?
National Novel Writing Month 2011 has officially begun!
How are things going for you so far?
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- Haruki Murakami
I stayed up after midnight and managed just over a thousand words before I needed to sleep. Decided to keep a video diary as well of my progress, find it on you tube here columbo1977's Channel - YouTube
Need to get a couple more thousand done today while I am off work as I am back tomorrow.
A thousand already? Good job so far!
I'm at just over 300 words after being an hour into it (after 1am here now). I spent a good portion of the time trying to find the right style and voice. Now that I've got it, I'm hoping my progress will accelerate. We'll see how things go after getting some sleep.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- Haruki Murakami
I've gotten exactly 0000.0 words written. I planned to start early and plough through a bunch of stuff and get loads done. Gonna start in a few minutes, I have to compile some word documents first. And clean the office. And my room. And put on a wash.
Hoping that by tonight I'll have about 2,000 words done and a short story for tomorrow.
OK.
GO.
aaaaaaah.
1,091...shooting for 2,000 today.
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. -Sir Francis Bacon
I've written exactly zero words of the novel so far and probably won't do any today as I have other projects that need finishing before I give nano my full attention. Sorta worried about this year's output as I've been badly insomniac for a few weeks and am enervated. Three hours' sleep a day isn't very motivating, but then I have plenty of coffee.
Did work out an outline for the new version of a novel I've almost written twice now. It shouldered aside the things I had planned so I'm gonna go with it. What stuff I do get done is gonna go to my blog directly after a quick edit, maybe each day as I've joined up with NaBloPoMo as well. In 2009, I did nanowrimo and the make-a-cd-in-a-month competition NaSoAlMo, and failed at daily blogging. Not gonna do an album this year.
The Motley Press- Your WF Ezine
I blogged today. Did you?
"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it." - Groucho Marx
I've got 695 words so far today, more to come tonight. I'm doing my best to let it all go and not backspace over everything. ;0)
“And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before – bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years to do it – but, Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.” ― City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.
Nooooo backspacing. As they said on Meet the Robinsons...Keep Moving Forward!Originally Posted by Sunny
2,405 and if I manage to get a bit more time today my new goal is 3,000.
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. -Sir Francis Bacon
I've written just over 1,000 words at the minute but I do have a complete 3 page plan of the story done as well.
First time doing NaNoWriMo so I'm hoping it will encourage me to get a move on.
I still havn't written anything. I did try, I sat down to do it any everything, but my day has been pretty crappy so far, will hopefully get a start tomorrow. Add it to my list of things, Nano/blog etc.
I'm at 1100 so far, give or take. I got up early enough to give myself a half-hour head start, and then unfortunately, I had to leave to go work a 10-hour shift. As soon as I'm done procrastinating, I plan on writing more. Probably right after I hit "Post Quick Reply" on here.
Remember why you like to read, and inundate your writing with your love of story. No great writer ever found reading a chore.
Okay. So I'm ending today at 1,420 words. This is gonna be hell to go back over it. I wrote my first novel in present tense and I'm writing this one in past tense. I stop to read what I just wrote and the writing is a damn mish-mash of past and present. God, I wish I could get it straight in my head. I just zone out, being in the story and I start writing it like I did with the first book. *sigh*
And Foxee... I'm really making an effort to avoid backspacing. ;0)
“And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before – bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years to do it – but, Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.” ― City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.
Done for the night with 1700 words! This is going to be a fun month.
Last edited by Squalid Glass; 11-02-2011 at 06:26 AM.
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I ended up at 1003 words for the day and am stopping there. Wrote a blogpost about my waffling over which novel to do and am taking the rest of the night off. I'm gonna eat about three dozen little flavored tootsie rolls as a reward for actually writing anything.
The Motley Press- Your WF Ezine
I blogged today. Did you?
"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it." - Groucho Marx
I find I'm having a similar problem. I'm writing my novel in first person, and I have this irritating habit to write all first person stories in present tense. But I don't want to write something novel-length in present tense, so I keep catching myself screwing up. Kinda frustrating. *head desk*
Remember why you like to read, and inundate your writing with your love of story. No great writer ever found reading a chore.
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