Day 22 - 8 days remaining

[ladyseishou]

Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day,
and on the good writing days nothing else matters.

- Neil Gaiman



Today's word count is 36,667. Did everyone have a chance to catch up over the weekend?

For most of us in the states, we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday and many schools schedule time off so students can go home for the holidays! More time for writing, right? Right? Hello? Uh, where did everybody go?

Excerpts, questions, comments? Remember everything's good! Keep writing!

Comments

[emilia_schultz]

I've become terribly behind in my words as second week I had a bit of a splat and wrote nearly nothing. So my count is at 28,131. According to my wonderful Nano spreadsheet, this means I'll have to do 2800 words every day to be on track for completion. I feel a little silly about letting it get so bad, but I'm determined to hit the 50,000 no matter what. Though I may enter December a little flat and exhausted!

*waves NaNo pom poms in a hopelessly British manner*

[lurkingcat]

I'm in a similar situation - work and family have both been unexpectedly demanding in the last fortnight. I took a day off work today, started at 24,218 words and finished with 30,304. I've even managed to progress the plot a bit :)

So keep going, I'm sure you can do it!

Re: *waves NaNo pom poms in a hopelessly British manner*

[ladyseishou]

Wow! That's fantastic progress! Well done!

Re: *waves NaNo pom poms in a hopelessly British manner*

[emilia_schultz]

That's a great leap forward! Thanks for the encouragement - was gratefully received, and good luck with the next week!

[ladyseishou]

I like your determination! You can do it! Try not to fixate on the numbers and have fun with the writing! Good luck!

[emilia_schultz]

Thank you! :)

I find that if I set myself word count goals then that really helps me write, particularly if I have limited hours in the day, so keeping track of it works for me - sometimes I just hit the goal and am grateful to stop writing, and other times I keep on going. The pressure is also good at keeping me focused - but I am definitely still having fun with it!