Advise From a Reader

Today I got back to writing after a long time. Managed to write about 500 words in half an hour bringing my current total up to twenty six thousand, six hundred and ninety five (26,695). Not much past the halfway point which I reached a little over a month ago. Progress is slow, but I have enough ideas in mind to keep going.

The best part of my writing today was that I got some unexpected advise from a reader in my target demographic. Lucky me... I've got a qualified critic right in my home!

I better get this story out of my head and onto the page before my reader is out of the house. Now that's motivation... 

Getting Close... to the Halfway Mark

My steady progress is paying off. By writing whenever I get some time I have managed to write another 3200 words and I am almost to the halfway point of the NaNoWriMo target. Of course it is now the end of two Mos, but who's counting?

The other thing I am starting to realize is that when I get to 50000 words I might not have finished my story and may have to write another 50000 word novel to finish up.

Plodding Along

I am glad for the kids' extra curricular activities, they always give me the opportunity to continue to write. Twenty minutes at swimming, thirty minutes at karate, forty minutes at dance, etc., etc. Between all these I have managed to add about 2000 more words in the two weeks since NaNoWriMo ended.

The current impediment is that I am starting to think the story has reached the doldrums. I am wondering if the story is flirting with the "boring threshold" and needs more excitement, rather than just more progress along the story line.

Still in my rookie season, and figuring out this writing thing... onward...

NaNo No Mo'

So NaNoWriMo is over; I didn't quite get as far as I could have, but I was pleasantly surprised that I managed to write just under twenty one thousand words. 21,000 words!  


Actually I totally miscalculated what the Thanksgiving holiday would do for me. Rather than being able to write more, I ended up not being able to write before and after that week. Not that I would have done a lot better without the holiday... After a week of little writing I found it extremely difficult to get started again.


I did write a few hundred words on the last day, but that was too little too late. 


The wonderful thing about NaNoWriMo was that I got going on this project that I have wanted to do for a long time. I never expected to have a fully written novel in a month; I am too new at this sport to pull that off. But the momentum I have gained from last month should carry me to the finish line, even if it takes a few more months. I have already written about 600 words since NaNoWriMo ended, and I plan to keep writing anytime I get some time.


So watch this space for updates and wish me luck on this maiden voyage across the page.

I Blame Apple

OK, so I was determined to write last night. Then, my new iPhone 4S showed up. How can you blame me?

Blame Apple that I did not get anything written at all.

To redeem myself I told Siri to set an alarm for 5:00am which was done promptly with no typing or swiping required. This morning I woke up early and managed to write a few hundred words. Yay! Except today is the last day for NaNoWriMo and I still need to write more tonight.

Restarting is Hard

For the past three days I have been trying to restart my NaNoWriMo effort with no success. With the last two days I really don't have the luxury of trying again tomorrow.

Must write something tonight. Even if it is just a few hundred words. That might kick start the effort for a solid finish.

Wish me luck...

Crash and Burn

I had started seeing the signs of a tailspin early in week 3, but could not bring my NaNoWriMo plane out of it in time. Then the up coming Thanksgiving break really put a hole in my wings, sending me into the ground with zero words written for days. Total wreck, is how I can describe my writing effort now that I have flamed out, crashed and burned. I have totally lost my momentum and have no shred of hope to make it to 50,000 words even if I were to count my 6002 word start.

The only question left to ask as I am staring down the last three days of NaNoWriMo is if a Phoenix will rise from the ashes of my novel and get me to the halfway point...