| | Words written: 1,569
Total word count: 3,443/50,000
They mentioned this in an email we got, that we would probably stop and take a look at what we had written and start to rethink what we are writing. Then they said not to give up, but to press on. That is exactly what I did today. I woke up with the feeling that I was going in the wrong direction with what I had written, but I gave that notion up and kept writing. It's a good thing I did. I finished a second chapter and introduced my second main character. The two characters are going to have interweaving stories, but will not know each other for a good amount of time in the plot. I know I'm crazy for attempting to keep up with two different stories at once, with this being my first novel and all, but I feel that with the overall story I've developed, two main characters with different stories are necessary to achieve my goals.
A personal note. I've seen the others on the NaNo site who have word counts of already 9,000+ in only 2 days. I know it's not a competition, but I feel like a midget among giants with the stats I've seen from some of these people. I need to try to relax and just remember that it's for fun and enjoyment that we do this, not for competition. You are considered a winner of the event if you reach 50,000 words. I just try to think too hard, and having that daily 1,667 word goal is such a pain to overcome. It becomes more like a deadline. I'm great at handling deadlines, but I don't know how well I'll handle a month of straight deadlines. I think sometime this week I need to head to a coffee shop and sit down to give myself a good word-count buffer. Maybe if I reach 10,000 words soon I will start to feel more comfortable and less uptight about the whole thing.
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| | Posted 11/2/2009 11:16 PM - 16 Views - 6 eProps - 6 comments
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