NaNoWriMo 2010 - Day 13

[ladyseishou]

Day 13 - 17 days remaining

I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head
like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape.

- Ray Bradbury



Ah, the weekend! After a busy week of obligations - school, work, sometimes both - the weekend is often a good time to catch up with chores, friends, sleep... writing?

Perhaps writing isn't on the top of your list. And that's understandable. We all have busy lives and sometimes there just isn't enough hours in the day, right? But I bet almost everyone has thirty minutes that they can borrow or steal from time spent on other recreational activities (TV, RPGs, video games, chat rooms) to write out a few scenes of their story. And even if it's only a handful of words or an entire chapter, you'll discover that by the end of the weekend, you will have written more than you thought possible. Still not convinced? Here are two suggestions to try on for size:

One, don't think about how far behind you are or even how many words you need to write for the day. Set aside some time when you'll be least interrupted, set a timer and just write.

Two, write what is fun, write from your heart, write your story as if you were telling it to your best friend/spouse/guy at Starbucks - just like that. Don't worry about foreshadowing, plot points or dialogue tags - just do it - tell your story. Start a conversation with you MC and ask about what happens next. And if you're not having fun, throw in a couple of ninjas. Or zombies. Zombies are hot this year.

Spoiler alert: scroll over and highlight only after you've written something today ;-) The word count today is ( 21,667 ). How did you do? Excerpts to share? Questions? Comments?

Good day or bad, try to keep writing!

Comments

[geminianeyes]

I finally managed to insert dear Mr Ian Woon! It took me only about 20,000 words to figure out where but it was well worth it. He's a doctor!

The doctor who came to find him was a man called Mr Ian Woon. Despite being a doctor, he was insistent that they did not call him Dr but rather Mr Ian Woon. The two witches were not going to argue with him about that. He was almost as long lived as they were, and at least his prices were fair. They could do worse than to ask him to discover the malady with their patient. He was also the kind who would not ask questions, or to gossip about his clients, which was one of the main reasons why he was still alive. This was though, the first time the two witches had seen him livid with what they had done to a patient.

Also my current word count? 30,021 words. I think I'll stop writing for now. XD

[ladyseishou]

A fantastic word count and a very cool insert! The name goes well with the character - nicely done!

[silamai]

I've fallen behind again. :( I swear every time I think I'll have some time to myself where I'll say "I think I can get some stuff written," I either fall asleep from exhaustion or my bosses tell me I have to do overtime (which contributes to the exhaustion). On one hand all the overtime will be good for me after November, but at the moment it has me going AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.

[ladyseishou]

Sometimes we must yield to the necessities of the real world like sleep and the obligations of a paying job. I hope that things will ease for you at your job sometime soon! Good luck!

[elanor_pam]

I actually managed to overshoot the word count yesterday, so, today, early as it is, I'm already at 21.820 words. :D I'll try and break my characters out of their angst cell today.

[ladyseishou]

Your word count is right on the money! Good luck with the break out!

[lassarina]

I hosted a write-in last night and got to 4007 on the day. I'm at 27K now. I'm aiming for 33K by the end of teh weekend, if my hands hold up.

[ladyseishou]

Wow - now that's a good writing day! Well done! Don't abuse the hands too much!

[kallistixf]

yesterday was packed, so i didn't get a lot of writing in ...

today there's a write-in at Hugo House in Seattle, so we're heading off to that. hopefully it'll be a good chance to restart momentum!

an excerpt:

Thursday night was drinks and dinner with my best friend. Of course I started it off with a demo of g0ddesses.net and helped her set up an account. She chose Laka, the Hawaiian goddess of plenty, song, and dance, and loved her first interactions with the site.

"It's so fluid and intuitive ... why isn't all software like this?"

"Wait till you see it on an eQuality! You can see why I'm so excited about it!"

"Of course the chance to work with so many goddesses has nothing to do with your excitement."

I laughed. "That too. Plus there's a shopping allowance!"

[ladyseishou]

You word count is very plush so no worries there. I hope that the write-in is both fun and productive! Good luck!

[tig_b]

Caught up again today after a slower week.

And introduced another new character. Well he has been around for a while in the background, but today my hero's sletch (a kind of horse) started talking to him.

[ladyseishou]

Cheers for catching up and for talking horses!