If you take a looksie in the sidebar, you’ll see my NaNoWriMo word count thus far. As of the writing of this post, it’s 5263. I was able to punch out about 1500 words tonight, after slacking for the most part the past few days. I let my analytical thinking get to me – I [...]
Writing
A few tips for NaNoWriMo writers
I’ve received a couple of tips from people about how to make the whole novel-writing process go a bit smoother for NaNoWriMo. Here they are, as well as a couple that I’ve thought of.
Find some music you love, crank it up, and then start writing. (Thanks, Brendan)
Don’t think about it too much. I really, really [...]
Writing with wreckless abandon
Just a bit of an update on my novel-writing for NaNoWriMo. I’m finding that after my initial burst of “let’s go!”, I’ve slowed down tremendously. It’s November 3, and Google Docs is telling me that I’ve only written 2180 words. That’s certainly far more than I’ve ever written in the past when trying to write [...]
The first day of novel writing – NaNoWriMo
Today was the first day of NaNoWriMo. I didn’t get done as much as I’d hoped to on the first day: just around 1000 words. I was really hoping to hit 2000 – 2500 today to get a decent jumpstart. However, even with just 1000 words on the first day, I’ve accomplished more on this [...]
