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Day 7 - 23 days remaining

You never have to change anything
you got up in the middle of the night to write.

- Saul Bellow

Today brings us to the end of the first week, Nano Writer! Your word count should be better than 11,667... How did you do?

The weekend is often a good time to catch up. Don't let yourself fall too far behind the daily word count! Remember, this is not the time to throw anything out!

This is also the night when in the US, we set our clocks back an hour. What would you do (or plan to do) with an extra hour, Nano Writer? For me, I've finally arrived at the scene where the protagonist has come face to face with the story's antagonist, he just doesn't know it yet. I have no choice but to keep writing to see how it all comes out ;-)

Whatever your plans, remember to keep writing!

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Spent my extra hour sleeping. I had a great day of writing Saturday, not so great on Sunday. My wordcount is hovering around 15k.

Researching typewriters was the highlight of my day. I found the exact model I pictured; describing it added a nice boost to the wordcount.

The typewriter itself is an ancient thing of beauty. A vintage typewriter that works like it's brand new, mostly due to Rafael's tinkering and the upkeep that he taught Reese to perform herself. The body of the typewriter is a bit dinged and bruised, but it functions so well that the cosmetic blemishes are easily ignored.

The keyboard is comprised of round keys, white letters on black circles ringed with silver. The A key is particularly worn, as well as the spacebar on which there is a clear worn spot from the pressure of someone's thumbs always resting there.

It's a frontstroke typewriter, the type bars arranged in a semi-circle, like a waiting audience at an amphitheatre. It's noisy, but the sort of noise that soothes Reese as she's typing. She can set a metronome to the rhythm of her words. She works on a ¾ time signature, a waltz of literature. Sometimes it's a bit more syncopated; it depends entirely on the prose.