Day 9 & 10: Write-in & Speed Flashback

I hosted a write-in on Friday at Einstein's, and we did several timed writings which was very good. Often timed writings are all I can offer my poor NaNo novel when my word count is floundering. I wrote 1,805 words that day.

Saturday turned out to be a strange one. I'd wanted to write in the afternoon, but lost the chance when my husband came home late from doing a mountain climb. I'd also planned to go see a movie with a friend at 9:40 p.m., so at 20 minutes til 9:00, I sat down and pounded out 1,085 words in about 25 minutes by inserting a flashback into Dali's childhood. I was pretty impressed with myself even though it didn't exactly meet my quota. We all have those days!

Words to date: 13,787
Words to go: 36,213

Wrimo Radio Spot!

Been meaning to post this: My "inspiration" audio clip was used in the first episode of Wrimo Radio on the NaNoWrimo site. You can hear it here. (My spot comes up about 23:17 into it.)

Day 7 & 8 go poof!

I didn't get a chance to write yesterday because I chose sleep over word count. What an exhausting day it way! Today, I didn't start writing until well-nigh onto 11:00 p.m. Ack. I have advanced a pitiful 622 words in the last 48 hours. So sad, so sad. Not to mention that I fear I've gotten Dali into too much trouble entirely too soon.

However, tomorrow is another day, and the weekend cometh! I'm optimistic about catching up over the next three days.

Words to date: 10,897
Words to go: 39,103

Day 5 & 6 are gone!

I had a zero day yesterday because it was too stinkin' busy to get any writing done during the day or afternoon, and I sacrificed my evening time to visit with a friend. Oh well. Today, it almost looked like I would get nothing written, but I got online to do some timed writings with my good friend NarniaPrincess and was able to break 9,500.

With a little extra prodding, I crept up my word count a little more and finished looking pretty and exceeding my daily quota by a mere smidgen--1,863.

Dali has already been discovered, which I didn't think would happen so soon, but I wanted to move the action along faster. (The words flow much easier when something exciting is happening!)

Words to date: 10,275
Words to go: 39,725 (Woot! I'm into the 30Ks!)

Day 3 & 4 done!

Morale is high today! I went to the first official write in for our region at Pikes Perk downtown. Very cool. We had quite the turnout too--over a dozen people. It was fun to be surrounded by other writers.

Didn't get to post my daily word count yesterday which was 1,822. Today, I reached my highest for the month so far: 2,739. Things are going swimmingly so far, and the story is continuing to grow. Dali has officially stowed away on a departing airship and has met our male protagonist. His name is Fire.

Words to date: 8,412
Words to go: 41,588