NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 28

I'm a NaNoWriMo WINNER

I’ve officially reached 50,000 words! I ordered the t-shirt. It’s completely legit! 

Though my story isn’t actually finished. 

I took a page out of FakeNNWMTips’s book and, once I crossed the 50,000 words line, closed it with “and then they were mauled by bears. The end…?”

That way, it felt like I actually finished a draft. 

But in truth, I’ll need to keep writing through December. Oh well! I’m more than half-way finished! And I WON!

Lets take a moment

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that it’s saying I will likely be finishing today? 

I like to think that’s true. :D 

NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 27

• I am definitely going to have to revise this whole thing
• This one character of mine needs to show off his wit more. I must go back and fix that
• I’ve added in some important information that probably should have revealed itself sooner. At least it’s done now
• My lead character is very forgiving
• I’m back on track for having 15 chapters. I don’t know how I have so few
• Someone’s about to die :o

I am at 46,709 words, which means I’m 3,291 words away from winning! I’m so close I can almost taste it! I am predicting I will be done on Thursday - if not tomorrow! :o 

I’ve been writing so much (and often late at night). I’m pretty sure I look something like this:

And now, my usual “last thing I wrote”:

“My guess would be that he didn’t want to stick around and see this, so he’s off sulking somewhere. That’s his usual modus operandi.”

And now I must sleep, so

NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 24

• I thought I had added a chapter, but it turns out in writing the added chapter, I also got rid of the need for an upcoming chapter. It’s all good: I’ll still make it to 50,000, I believe.
• I really need to make my villain much more evil. 
• I need to make my hero do more. She observes a ton but doesn’t do a lot. I think that will all change after this next chapter - though the book will be half way done then. Eep! 

I’m currently at 41,112 words, which means I’m ahead of the count that I’m suppose to be!

As always, the last sentence I wrote for the day:

“Help me,” she said, and in tears collapsed into Shadow’s arms.

Yes, my actual writing itself isn’t that good currently. But it’s a first draft, so I think that’s okay. 

NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 23

• Wow. I need to make more posts so they’re not just about this
• My novel is probably going to end up boring :/
• I found a way to add more of my favorite character in! Hooray! 
• I need to make my main character’s trauma more traumatic. It seems sort of blah now that I’ve written it

I had a headache today, so I didn’t get as much writing done, but still managed 38,363 words! 

Woot! 

Last sentence:

 Even in her current pain, Shadow felt color fill her cheeks. 

NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 22

• I really wanna write more words each day, so I’ll be closer to finishing the novel by the end of the month rather than just finishing the 50,000 words. 
• I think I’ve decided on an ending. Mostly. Maybe. It keeps changing, really. So I just lied. Sort of. 
• I’m casting more of my characters unintentionally, but I have no regrets. They work perfectly for the roles

I’m now at 36,828 words. I hope to be at 39,000 at least by the end of tomorrow. 

Per usual, my last sentence of the day:

Her hand reached the doorknob, which was cool and dusty and clearly untouched for some time. 

I’m looking forward to what she’ll find on the other side. ;)

NaNoWriMo '12 Thoughts - Day 21

• I definitely need to add more of one particular character, at least. I find he’s becoming more important to the ending.
• I also feel that more backstory is necessary for this same character. I don’t know why he’s been slipping through the cracks. 
• How do people struggle with word count? I’m hardly giving any detail (I want to give more) and yet I still often find it very easy to achieve the necessary words each day. (And I’m not near the end of my story)
• I have definitely cast Evanna Lynch as my lead. And her recent promotional stills for Sinbad just confirmed it for me

She’s absolutely my lead. It’s a good thing this will never be published and made into a movie, because I’d demand her to play the role. 

Also, I’m up to 35821 words - I wrote approx. 2300 today. Here’s the last sentence I wrote:

Brandin frequently closed his eyes, cringing at what his home had become. 

How’s everyone else’s NanoWriMo coming along? 

PS Congrats to everyone who’s already finished! Four for you! 

Late Night Thoughts on My NaNoWriMo Novel (or, Day 20)

• I need to go back later and add more character development and show more of their dynamics
• I’m falling in love with my villain, which isn’t a good thing, because now I want him to live, but I don’t think he can
• I think I got through the most challenging part of my novel and will soon be back to the fun stuff that will make me write 3000 words in one day :D 
• Since I have a bit of time tomorrow, I might answer questionnaires as my various characters so I can get into their mindsets. But that’s only if I write all my words for the day first

Oh, and here’s the last bit that I wrote for today (yesterday now) :

It was another week until they got back to the Fields. Key was most insistent and urged their movement. Without her, it probably would have taken much longer.

 And I’m at 33505 words

NaNoWriMo '12: Day 17

The last bit I wrote on my NaNoWriMo today:

Once she felt completely conscious and aware again, she spoke out to the room:“You were right. They do feed on tears.”Silence. And then: 

“You should have given them spit. They hate that.”

NaNoWriMo '13 - Day 6

Welp, I missed a day. But I wrote enough today so that I’m still only one day behind. Hopefully by Saturday at latest I will be back on track. I’m going to try to catch up completely tomorrow. 

Story-wise, my hero has finally been kicked out of her comfort zone, and is weirdly automatically accepting of the man who will later be her best friend. I want her to be less trusting, but she’s just ridiculously trusting right now. Eh, I’ll fix it in revisions. 

Last sentence written:

I don’t like to go down without a fight if I can help it.

I feel like that is symbolic of my NaNoWriMo experience right now.  

Don’t forget to be my writing buddy and talk to me! ^_^

How are your novels coming along?

NaNoWriMo '13 - Day 4

I don’t have much time to write a lot today, so my average word count is suffering. But hey! I’m on track with as many words as I need to have right now. 

My story is going well. Not much has changed since the last update. Currently, our hero (Paige) is in hiding and about to get caught by some crazy people. It’s fun. :D
Last sentence written:

And though some of them ran out, I was pretty sure that at least he had stayed behind. Crap.

Wanna be my writing buddy? :) I like giving encouragement!