NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 14

[ladyseishou]

Day 14 - 16 days remaining

Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it.
Even in the moments when
it's so hurtful to think about writing.

— Heather Armstrong



Today is “Back Up Your Novel Again Day.” So back up those words, Nano Writers!

And today’s word count is 23,338! That’s also 23,338 reasons why you need to invest a minute or two to save, copy, zip, box, cloud, stick, mail, post or redundancize your novel-to-be. Because losing your work is a hurt you don’t need and peace of mind is priceless.

Questions, comments, the last word you backed up today? You say you’ll get around to it later? Back it up people! It’s a good thing! And then keep writing!

Comments

[otter_nanowrimo]

I might have either 33,499 or 33,478. I don't know which; my Excel spreadsheet tells me one thing and my master document tells me another. Either way, I have still not bested Mr. Jerk (although I did participate in, and win by more than double, my first word war today!).

But I have gotten past the part where I hate my story more than anything else, and I did it today of all days: I didn't sleep last night, and couldn't nap today (too bright), and spent the entire day feeling just this side of dead.

"Just This Side of Dead"--now that would be an interesting story title!

And now, I am for bed.

[ladyseishou]

Hope you made a note of the cool title in a notebook! And what you might try to double check your word count is to use the validator on your "Edit novel" page on the NNWM web site. The validator link says "I am ready to validate my novel" in red letters which bring up a pop-up window that you paste a copy of your novel-in-progress into and it will come back with your "official" word count to date. The WC won't be official until 11/25 so until then it's a great way to get an accurate count and to avoid sticker shock later.