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| Words written: 2,556
Total word count: 35,492/50,000
I'm not totally surprised, but I am impressed with myself that I have lasted this long. I guess it's because this has been something I've wanted to do for a while. I've given a lot of thought to writing a book for the last few years now, and look where I am. I'm almost finished with 50,000 words... and it's looking like the novel will be longer than 50,000 for sure. Right now I'm at 35,000+ words, only about 15,000 more to go to reach the NaNoWriMo goal. Once I'm done with that, all I have left is to finish up the plot and start editing in December. It feels so weird to have written something that is so long that it is impossible for me to easily go back and check my facts. I write down all the little things about my characters, because I am constantly forgetting what one said or did in an earlier chapter, and I don't have time to look through 64 pages to figure it all out. That is 64 pages of un-formatted Microsoft Word style. I'm doing this quick and dirty, no fancy writing programs, no formatting, just spewing the prose out as it comes to me. I'm sure in December it will look like a pile of dog poo.... but with my editing.... it will at least be polished dog poo. (Don't believe me that you can have polished poo? Ask the Mythbusters!) Anyway, I don't know how many pages my book will be on a standard 6x9 format, or whatever, but right now 64 pages is the longest thing I've ever written.
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| I'm procrastinating. I found this on Facebook. I'm a beast at it. It took me a while to even break 200 clicks, but I practiced a little, and I got to 273.
UPDATE:
I beat my own record..... 284!
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| Words written: 1,842
Total word count: 27,973/50,000
On Sunday I passed the halfway point of my book. I cheered when my word count hit 25,000 words, but it didn't last for long because I knew there was a lot more to come. It's insane to think that I've written over half of a 50,000 word novel. I'm behind schedule today, I should have over 28,000 words written. Tomorrow I'm supposed to hit 30,000 words, and it's all downhill from there. Possibly by this weekend I'll be drawing near to the 50,000 goal. I really need to get some time in where I can give myself a good cushion of words before the Thanksgiving holiday. Once the holiday season strikes, I will have absolutely no time or opportunities to write. It will be filled with friends and family and eating. If I can pump out 3,000 words a day for the next few days, I'll have given myself several thousands of words of cushion.
I'd like to mention that it may seem like I'm really focused on the word count and not the content. That is not the case. The reason I am worried about the word count and the 50,000 word goal is because it is the limiting factor on whether or not I win NaNoWriMo. My story is there in my head, and I have it planned out, but needing to focus on a certain amount of words in order to win keeps me motivated to write each day. If I didn't have a goal, I would more than likely just forget (or more likely procrastinate) about writing for days or even weeks on end. Then my novel would never get done.
It's funny because now that I'm in the practice of writing thousands of words a day, ideas for other writing projects and novels have been coming to my mind. Ideas will just come to me in the shower or while standing in line at Wal-Mart.
Ahhh... look at this, I've wasted 346 words on this post! I need to get back to writing.
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| Words written: 2,732
Total word count: 22,223/50,000
I just finished writing my most intense chapter yet. It's so easy to write when the scene can be easily visualized in my head. It's almost as if I'm just reading it myself. I'm almost halfway through the goal word count too, and I'm getting excited.
If you've kept up, you are probably wondering why I haven't revealed any characters or plots, or even the title of the novel. I decided to keep the characters secret because I myself don't even fully know them. How can I release them into the world without getting to know them first? They are ever-evolving creatures that surprise me at times, and inspire me at others. I will give you a couple of good nuggets though.
The title is: War Games
The genre is: Sci-Fi
I hope I categorized it correctly. I am trying to give it the best Sci-Fi plot I can, but it seems to cross several genres, so it's a small hybrid I guess.
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| Words written: 3,755
Total word count: 19,491/50,000
Wow, today's words written seems like a lot right? Actually no, I was busy catching up from the missed days of writing on the weekend. I then surpassed the goal and kept writing because the story was flowing well. There is nothing keeping me to 1,667 words a day, or a certain number in 11 days (except for maybe time). I'm happy with what I have so far. I've found my characters taking on lives of their own, and my imagination is running wilder than it has in years. This is my first novel, so of course all this is new to me. I've met others so far who are not at all concerned about writing one in a month because it's their fourth or fifth time entering. I hope next year I feel that confident. Next year of course, I will have my novel better planned out than this one. Right now it's sounding like a mess.... or maybe that's just the writer in me speaking... who knows. I'm all out of words for today though.... and my wrists are definitely going to have carpel tunnel syndrome after this month.
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