NaNoWriMo 2012 - Day 1

[ladyseishou]

Day 1 - 29 days remaining


You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

― Stephen King




The word count for today is 1,667! Easy, right? That’s about seven pages of a typed manuscript (following standard format). Of course Your Mileage May Vary and don’t think you have to stop when you hit the day’s quota! This is the time to tap into all that good writer mojo and let yourself go with the flow!

Questions? Comments? First word? It’s all good! So Keep Writing!

Comments

[eien_herrison]

Despite it being a bit of a hectic day (work 10-1, then travel to where my husband was working, some time to write while he finished work, shopping, and dinner out) I managed 2268 words according to WriteWay, which put me at a finish date of the 22nd of November (approximately).

The scene I most liked is the one where my MC, Tasha, is waiting for a letter to state whether or not she has passed her trainer exam, and is spending the time playing a pokemon game:

“The last of the Elite Four has been defeated; the new chaption is Tasha McKinney!”

A week later, Tasha was in her room, playing on a handheld video games console. She’d been anxiously awaiting her exam results for the past week, and to take up some time she had begun to replay one of her numerous pokemon games, challenging herself to see if she could complete it before her results arrived.

“But wait!” Tasha continued to narrate her progress on the game, lifting her right leg up and slamming it back down on to the bed she was currently laying on. Her per Persian, [persiannickname] Lapis lazily lifted his head up to glare at her before resting his chin back on his front paws and going back to sleep.

“What’s this? The Elite Four had already been defeated before I got there? Impossible! Who was it...Owen, my rival?! And I’ve got to defeat him?” A wide grin appeared on Tasha’s face. “Bring it on! I’ve got six pokemon at level eighty, a ton of items, and I guarantee I can wipe the floor with you.”

A few minutes later, the games console lay discarded on the bed as Tasha did a couple of laps of her room in celebration of becoming – yet again – the champion.

[ladyseishou]

Wow you did great especially considering your busy, busy day! And I like the excerpt! I think you captured Tasha's mood while waiting very well.

[eien_herrison]

Thanks :) I am wondering if I'm writing Tasha a little bit too young (she's meant to be eighteen, albeit very, very excited about becoming a trainer).