NaNoWriMo 2010 - Day 3

[ladyseishou]

Day 3 - 27 days remaining

Some writers do plan everything.
They must not be as often distracted as I am.
Get it on paper, in any form that you can.

- CJ Cherryh



So was it a day of distractions, Nano Writer? It can be a hard thing to find the time to write, so you really need to take advantage of any situation...

Lunch at the office? Bring out your special notebook. Waiting for class to start? Add a few sentences to your story. Anything that you write gets you that much closer to the word goal for the day!

I've borrowed an oversized piece of newsprint from my daughter to sketch out a part of my story world and ended up writing parts of scenes all over the thing - front and back. What was the most unusual thing that you've used to write with or on? As they say, necessity is the mother of invention!

Today the number to beat is 5,000. Excerpts? Concerns? Questions? Hugs?

Remember to keep writing, Nano Writer!

Comments

[venetia_sassy]

I was just settling in to write when the cleaners arrived and the noise threw me off for a bit. I only wrote about 700 words in my first bout, then I made another cup of tea, went back to my study and focused. 1834 words today! I didn't even hear the cleaners leave.

I write notes on anything remotely paper-like. (Except books. I never write on books.) The TV guide is frequently used, envelopes, receipts ... I try to stick to notebooks but somehow they're never around when I need them ...

The worst distraction for me is, guess what, the Internet! As it happens we have two computers at home and the D-Link for my study computer broke a few months back. I have yet to replace it, as it means the temptation to 'just check my email!' or 'just look something up quickly!' instead of writing has been removed. I only go online in the evenings now.

Total word count: 5312!

[ladyseishou]

A beautiful word count! And that's the wonder of really getting into the world of your story. I call it "flow" - when your focus is so tuned into your writing, the real world sort of disappears.

Me too, I try to limit my on-line stuff for later, after my writing is done for the day. Whatever works, right?