NaNoWriMo 2012 - Day 5

[ladyseishou]

Day 5 - 25 days remaining


Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good.

— Voltaire







Today's word count is 8,335 Nano Writer! And something to keep in mind: every word counts - even the ones that might seem too big or too small or just not quite right. Remember that you're writing a rough draft this month - it's not suppose to be perfect - but it needs to be written!

Questions? Comments? Funny or weird typos to share? It's all go odd ;-) So keep writing!

Comments

[iosonochesono]

I've only written 400 so far today, but my total word count is 15,100. The character that is going to be the antagonist has just appeared for the first time, but there has been no formal introduction yet. At the same time, I'm a bit nervous because I feel like it's rushing along too fast since I'm only at ~15k - I don't want to hit the story's climax so soon! But I also know that there are lots of places right now I have to add backstory to or rewrite, so chances are there's a good 20k or so hidden in places before this part of the story that need to work themselves out, plus I need a bit more character development going on with someone else, so clearly the main point will not yet be occurring.

ETA: Now at 16,400, so I've now met my writing goal for today, too. It's not even 9am yet. *proud sniffles.*

[lexicalcrow]

Just got to 11k! I am getting much better at getting 2k in an hour. Which is very helpful!

Wrote a scene I wasn't expecting to be as sad as it was. Three of my characters have ended up watching their hometown burn to the ground. The whole city is on fire, burnt by the soldiers to 'cleanse' it of disease. The whole place is being destroyed before their very eyes. They realise in that moment that they can't go back because there'll be nothing to go back to.

Also, I now have another character! The city was being guarded by a bull spirit, and it decided to flee and help my guys out. I thought he'd speak more, though.

I'm also getting a better idea of how to structure this fic, which is great. I've been waiting for it to settle so I can get a better idea of how to progress the plot.

[paceisthetrick]

I'm laughing reading the quote because of course the first thing I did yesterday was to go back and rewrite the first chapter so that it made sense to me.

Which means I am now behind on my word count. :(

[eien_herrison]

I've been doing my best to move on, and while my backspace key has been used a few times, I've become less and less worried about making everything perfect: if I'm going to use this story, I'm going to need to edit formatting anyway, so SPaG is just going to be an addition. Current best typos are shopu;d (could) and oipportunigyt (opportunity).

I did find a very useful site yesterday: because I've only really played up to DPPt, I have no idea what moves introduced in BW/BW2 look like, plus I can't recall some other moves either. However, someone on Youtube has done attack showcases for all moves, grouped by type \ ^_^ /

Total wordcount: 14,887, of which 2,682 written today.

[dragonjournal]

Word count: 13,473.

I have to beef it up tonight, during football because tomorrow is election day and since I didn't go out today, I have to go tomorrow.

And ohai mental health, I didn't miss you. Sigh.

Anyway. Yeah, back to the grind.