NaNoWriMo Chronicles: Day 6

With my word count at over 13,333, that means I'm now two days ahead of schedule! Wee! 

My only real difficulty with the writing so far has simply been getting started, as I said before. I look at the word count that needs to be done that day, and it's daunting. How will I ever reach it? But once I start writing, I find that I've written over 500 words before I even pause to wonder how many words I've written. 

A lot of people struggle with their "inner-editor" at this time, and I realized that, through my experience with college, I actually learned how to ignore that and go on writing sprints. Many classes wanted rough drafts that cared more about content than quality of technicalities. I didn't realize this was crafting me into someone who would be good and NaNoWriMo, but it was, and now I am grateful. 

The story itself is interesting. I feel like its moving quickly and lacking descriptions. My heroes have found themselves with a group living in the woods, but I've done little to describe the living conditions in the woods (where they sleep, what they eat, etc). I'll have to do more of that tomorrow. 

For now, here's the last bit I wrote: 

“Morning, angels!” greeted Jonnie. It was a friendly greeting, but she said it as if she might have a sarcastic comment to add the end. “Did we sleep well?”Shadow waited for the sarcasm, but it didn’t come. She only realized she hadn’t said anything a little too late, and Jonnie continued. “Still sleeping, I guess! Well, thought you should know that Harker here has called another meeting about you guys.”“Don’t worry,” Harker said, rising to her feet and smiling. “It’s all good things.”

How's your writing coming along? If you're not caught up on words, you can still do it! I believe in you! 

NaNoWriMo Chronicles: Day 5

I'm still on track with word count and almost 2 days ahead in writing. Basically, each day, there is a targeted goal you should be at when you're writing to finish on time. I'm currently nearing day 7's goal. It's really fun to see when you look at it on this graph on the site:

The bars are my writing each day; the line is where I should be each day.

The story is definitely taking on a life of its own, adding its own drama that I didn't plan, but that I think makes it better. It's not entirely straying from the plot outline I had planned, but definitely enhancing it. 

Here's the last excerpt I wrote today (with some names changed) :

Harker pulled up what were once two lawn chairs, and Jones and Harker sat comfortably nearby while Shadow and Ryder watched in envy.

Also, as promised, here's the cover I designed for this one:

It looks creepier than the story is, but I couldn't find a better way to make it look right (particularly since most of my time is devoted to the actual writing than cover making). Either way, it's a cover! Wee!

If you're participating, I hope it's going well! And be sure to add me as a writing buddy (Link)!

NaNoWriMo Chronicles: Day 4

Sorry I didn't share about day 3! I had a frustration with the website not updating my word count, and that seemed to distract me from updating.
Today, I must update from my phone, which should make this a bit interesting.
My writing is going well. Weirdly, I had the day off, and yet struggled more with finding time to write. But with the push of my family, I stayed on track and got the necessary words done for the day. Yay!
I also made a cover for the book, highly inspired by the cover I had made for its prequel. I shall share those with you guys tomorrow, though you can catch small versions of them from my NaNoWriMo page.

My book itself is moving along. I'm finally getting to write about these sisters named Jonnie and Harker. I've been looking forward to writing them for awhile, and they haven't disappointed. (Which probably means people will find them annoying lol).

No excerpt from the novel this time, since I'm posting this from my phone.
But all shall be back to normal tomorrow! Stay tuned! ��

NaNoWriMo Chronicles: Day 2

So, after my update yesterday, I actually ended up writing a ton more words. So now I'm nearly two days ahead of where I should be right now. This is good. 

I'm finding that my writing is slow again each time I begin, so the best method for me is marathon writing. That's the best way for me to get more done in the same period of time. Getting the day's word count hasn't been too difficult for me over this weekend, and I feel like it will get easier now that the story's starting to flow. 

Speaking of the story, it's getting going. It's been practically just a story version of a Q&A and summary of the previous story (this one is a sequel) prior to this moment. But now things are about to really get going, and I'm going to be introducing two characters I was excited to meet during my first NaNoWriMo, but didn't belong in the original story. 
Here's a snippet of the last bit that I had written: 

She looked around. The tree from which their rope was hanging was tall, perhaps one of the highest in the area. Its branches were strong; there was no way it was breaking. 

If you're signed up for NaNoWriMo, add me as your buddy! (You can also check out the novels I've written and am currently writing, if you want more info). 

Check out for my next update tomorrow! Will I be able to keep up the pace I've set the past few days? This plot will keep you guessing... 

NaNoWriMo Chronicles: Day 1

It's a good thing NaNoWriMo started on a Saturday, so I could get a little ahead in my word count! ^_^ (This will be good when I'm falling behind later). It was a little difficult to get started, but once I got my music going (Ayumi Hamasaki), and really settled down, I started getting a flow going.

The story is moving along both a little faster than I feel it should and perhaps a little slower. Though let me tell you: Writing a sequel helps with the beginning word count, because it gives you things to write about (i.e. summarizing some incidences that happened in the first one.) Also, I think I like one of my characters a little too much, and it's really starting to show in the writing. I think I may need to fix that. Or maybe it works. Who cares right now? I'm enjoying writing it and that's the most important thing.

Here's the last bit I wrote:

Shadow looked ahead at the figure in front of them. Slim. Pale. Dirty. He paused and looked back at them. Seeing them close together, his eyes moved between them, uneasy, almost suspicious. 

But Shadow saw it: Weary. Sorrowful. Alone. Human. 

Someone she should try talking to again. 

Eh, it's getting the story to move along, so it works for me. 

If you want to participate in NaNoWriMo, you can still sign up!  To my fellow participants: I hope you're first day is equally or more successful than mine. :)