Yes, today I reached the halfway point of NaNoWriMo, that is, 25,000 words. A lot, huh? I'm impressed myself.
However, I was hit on the head with a horrible thought just now: what if I don't finish? I don't doubt my pace - the NaNo Stats tell me that at this rate I'll finish on November 20 and that's fine by me. I doubt my story.
I'm quite long into A Girl of Dark and Dust already, and I'm seriously starting to doubt whether I'll have enough story to match the words. There is still a lot to happen... but is my book too short to be a book? I was so certain that this time it was actually a book-lenght book. What if it isn't?
Of course, I've planned three more books. If it looks like I don't have enough story to match the word count, I can just continue into Book Two. It just kind of feels like cheating. I had a plan.
I know this is nothing to freak out about. Plans change. I can make The Dust Saga into a trilogy, if need be. I just... I'm confused right now.
We'll see how it turns out, I guess. There is still a lot in the end to happen, so maybe I'm freaking out over nothing. And I can always add stuff to the middle, if I can just come up with something that would support the plot and work. (That is not a given, but hey, let's try anyway. If needed.)
Now I'm going to sleep before I get too worked up over this. Oh, one more thing: I'm applying for this tomorrow or the day after. It's Stiefvater, folks! Stiefvater!
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Saturday, 7 November 2015
It's Been So Many Days Already
What to do when should sleep? Blog!
My NaNoWriMo has started off really well. I am currently at about 17,800 words and it's only Day 6. (Well, technically, to me at least, it's already Day 7 but I'm not doing any nighttime writing today.) I've forced myself to write even when I didn't feel like it, because I know I'll thank myself later. There will be days when it's great if I can put in any words at all, and that is why I want to stay ahead.
My biggest helper has absolutely been @NaNoWordSprints on Twitter. They do 5-30 minute sprints, give prompts and whatnot. They also remind me to back up my work, and that's good, because I keep forgetting to do that. Different sprint leaders have different styles and I've already learned to recognize a few of them. It's fun:)
I also like where my novel is going. I had an outline when I started but it only had the key points of the plot. That kind of an outline I need, to know where I'm headed, but I can't have a chapter by chapter -sort of outline. That's when I start sticking to it too loyally and forgetting anything else I could do, try or find out about.
The outline has held so far, except for one major point: Kalie and Vena were not really supposed to get to know each other until Book Two. And they have. They took their lives to their own hands and decided to become friends. I sort of fixed that today, though, because they fought. I didn't really want to do that, but it fixed so many plotholes that I had to. And my friends nicely encouraged me. Thank you guys for that - it became a very good fight and I'm actually quite happy with the scene.
My favourite scene so far is from a running class where Kalie and Vena are partnered up. They have a physical fight (part of the assignment they were given) and it ends with Vena kicking Kalie in the face and the latter still chasing the former to the finish line. It was fun to write :D
Now I'm signing off to bed. Long day tomorrow, but fun. Hopefully I'll get at least a few hunderd words in, even though I won't have very much time.
My NaNoWriMo has started off really well. I am currently at about 17,800 words and it's only Day 6. (Well, technically, to me at least, it's already Day 7 but I'm not doing any nighttime writing today.) I've forced myself to write even when I didn't feel like it, because I know I'll thank myself later. There will be days when it's great if I can put in any words at all, and that is why I want to stay ahead.
My biggest helper has absolutely been @NaNoWordSprints on Twitter. They do 5-30 minute sprints, give prompts and whatnot. They also remind me to back up my work, and that's good, because I keep forgetting to do that. Different sprint leaders have different styles and I've already learned to recognize a few of them. It's fun:)
I also like where my novel is going. I had an outline when I started but it only had the key points of the plot. That kind of an outline I need, to know where I'm headed, but I can't have a chapter by chapter -sort of outline. That's when I start sticking to it too loyally and forgetting anything else I could do, try or find out about.
The outline has held so far, except for one major point: Kalie and Vena were not really supposed to get to know each other until Book Two. And they have. They took their lives to their own hands and decided to become friends. I sort of fixed that today, though, because they fought. I didn't really want to do that, but it fixed so many plotholes that I had to. And my friends nicely encouraged me. Thank you guys for that - it became a very good fight and I'm actually quite happy with the scene.
My favourite scene so far is from a running class where Kalie and Vena are partnered up. They have a physical fight (part of the assignment they were given) and it ends with Vena kicking Kalie in the face and the latter still chasing the former to the finish line. It was fun to write :D
Now I'm signing off to bed. Long day tomorrow, but fun. Hopefully I'll get at least a few hunderd words in, even though I won't have very much time.
Monday, 2 November 2015
A Bad Day of Nano
Ugh. Again so very tired.
J. S. Bach is my saviour angel.
Today was not a good writing day. I didn't explicitly hit writer's block but I just didn't feel like writing at all. But as it's only the second day I didn't allow myself to not write - I want to update my word count as often as I can. The second day is not a good day to start lagging behind.
Not that I'm really lagging, thanks to those 5000 words yesterday. Only if I start riding on that and thinking "I don't need to write", then I won't, and bad results. I'm determined to hit at least a couple of hunderd words every day, and when I'm not ahead anymore, then at least the daily average of 1667 words. I'm determined to get this done.
Today I managed to squeeze out 1898 words, so I'm still pretty well ahead. They left me as tired as the 5K yesterday so I think it's time to call it a night now. My total word count at the moment is 7121.
Shooting for 10K tomorrow!
J. S. Bach is my saviour angel.
Today was not a good writing day. I didn't explicitly hit writer's block but I just didn't feel like writing at all. But as it's only the second day I didn't allow myself to not write - I want to update my word count as often as I can. The second day is not a good day to start lagging behind.
Not that I'm really lagging, thanks to those 5000 words yesterday. Only if I start riding on that and thinking "I don't need to write", then I won't, and bad results. I'm determined to hit at least a couple of hunderd words every day, and when I'm not ahead anymore, then at least the daily average of 1667 words. I'm determined to get this done.
Today I managed to squeeze out 1898 words, so I'm still pretty well ahead. They left me as tired as the 5K yesterday so I think it's time to call it a night now. My total word count at the moment is 7121.
Shooting for 10K tomorrow!
First day of Nano
Oh my God. I'm so tired.
I started writing 25 hours ago, as the clock hit midnight and it was officially November. I got over 1800 words right there and then - more than the daily average needed for completing. So I got off to a good start, but, needless to say, was very reluctant to leave bed this morning.
I wrote a little before my quartet practice (I sing soprano in a quartet of me an my three friends) and ended up around 2500 words. That's a great count for today, I thought. then I had my practice and dinner at granparents'.
When we got home, I was first very busy with getting to know Kindle and getting my first-ever e-books to read! Long story short, I won a giveaway and got an e-book from it. So I needed to learn how to read e-books. I'm actually pretty hyped! Not only I got Auburn: Outcasts and Underdogs (the giveaway book) but also Amazon gifted me three books right away, which are Pride and Prejudice (I love), The Treasure Island (I want to read) and some fable-thing. Then they gave me $3 to encourage me to buy e-books and so I used it toward a detective story, Play Dead. I've got quite a many e-books now!
Anyway, back to NaNo. I started writing again, and before I knew it, I was over 3000 words. I thought: 4000 might be nice. Then I was at 4500 or so and thought: I'll make it to 5000. That's 10% of the total target count and if I can make that on the first day, it'll be super good.
I started to get tired when I was still 300 words or so from 5000. Luckily, I got some words of encouragement from a friend and was able to push it over the 5K line before midnight, though it was a question of 10 minutes or something. Anyway, I did it!
I've also been revising Liberté's creative writing texts, so a lot of literary interaction today. I'm tired and my neck hurts. Will have to do yoga and stretching tomorrow. But I'm so happy!!!
NaNoWriMo 2015 has started out great!!!!
I started writing 25 hours ago, as the clock hit midnight and it was officially November. I got over 1800 words right there and then - more than the daily average needed for completing. So I got off to a good start, but, needless to say, was very reluctant to leave bed this morning.
I wrote a little before my quartet practice (I sing soprano in a quartet of me an my three friends) and ended up around 2500 words. That's a great count for today, I thought. then I had my practice and dinner at granparents'.
When we got home, I was first very busy with getting to know Kindle and getting my first-ever e-books to read! Long story short, I won a giveaway and got an e-book from it. So I needed to learn how to read e-books. I'm actually pretty hyped! Not only I got Auburn: Outcasts and Underdogs (the giveaway book) but also Amazon gifted me three books right away, which are Pride and Prejudice (I love), The Treasure Island (I want to read) and some fable-thing. Then they gave me $3 to encourage me to buy e-books and so I used it toward a detective story, Play Dead. I've got quite a many e-books now!
Anyway, back to NaNo. I started writing again, and before I knew it, I was over 3000 words. I thought: 4000 might be nice. Then I was at 4500 or so and thought: I'll make it to 5000. That's 10% of the total target count and if I can make that on the first day, it'll be super good.
I started to get tired when I was still 300 words or so from 5000. Luckily, I got some words of encouragement from a friend and was able to push it over the 5K line before midnight, though it was a question of 10 minutes or something. Anyway, I did it!
I've also been revising Liberté's creative writing texts, so a lot of literary interaction today. I'm tired and my neck hurts. Will have to do yoga and stretching tomorrow. But I'm so happy!!!
NaNoWriMo 2015 has started out great!!!!
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