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.