NaNoWriMo 2012 - Day 14

[ladyseishou]

Day 14 - 16 days remaining


Name names. Make your writing physical. Use lots of exact nouns.
"Food" is an idea; "black-bean soup" is a thing. Naming not only makes
the writing more visceral, it makes the reader trust you.

— David Long






Today's word count is 23,338, Nano Writer! And at the end of the day, we'll see the backside of Week Two! Congratulations to everyone who survived the week, who pushed back the doubts and despair, worked through the daily struggles and insecurities, and have become stronger and more dedicated to completing both the challenge and their story!

But there's still work to be done. Your character may now be resolved to take on the bad guys by now, tired of being pushed around/lied to/given the runaround/betrayed and is even now preparing, mentally and physically, for what may become a series of confrontations designed to fully test your character's mettle. Will they survive the battle/apocalypse/illness/investigation/ensoulment/loss of love and/or hope?

Questions? Comments? Recipe for success? My favorite is the resolution to write everyday! So, Nano Writer, keep writing!

Comments

[fadedwings]

I took a couple of days off for a bad headache but I've been writing more than I need to each day so that a day off here and there won't be a problem. I just hit 30,399 words and am very pleased with my progress though I can tell I won't even be close to done with the story at 50k. :)

[lexicalcrow]

28,543! I feel like I'm finally getting back on track again! Yay!

Still don't really know how many chapters I'm going to need, but I'll worry about that later. I just want to get this done, and I'm finally throwing some obstacles in their way at last. (It is very hard to condense a not-very-eventful 5 month walking journey while still making it clear they've been journeying. You'd think it'd be perfect fodder for NaNo word-padding, but I get bored easily and nothing. goddamn. happens.)

Also, I have just burnt another city down. :D

[paceisthetrick]

Still behind but more motivated than ever! I actually love my characters (last week I just wanted them to go away) and wrote the ending today! Jumping the gun a bit but it is nice to see what direction I am moving in. I was clueless before.

[eien_herrison]

Didn't write; took some time off and plotted through to the start of the next gym challenge in my story. Might do the same for the 15th as I'm fairly busy, but will have the 16th free for the whole day.

[ladyseishou]

Plotting is good! It's like a roadmap for a cross-country race, you can spend your time writing and stress less about where you're heading - or something like that ;-)

[ladyseishou]

Yeah! for character love! And writing the end or any other scene when you need to or feel it's right is definitely a good thing! Keep writing!

[paceisthetrick]

I wrote another 2000 words today!!!

[ladyseishou]

A golden word count! Cheers for getting back on a track that feels right! And if it helps *chants* Burn Baby Burn! *runs away fast from the fire*

[ladyseishou]

A beautiful word count! . You should be very pleased with your progress - it's a lovely thing - although I'm sorry to hear that you've had a series of bad headaches - I hope everything is okay now.

[ladyseishou]

Beautiful!

[fadedwings]

Thank you. I get headaches a lot. I always have. Mostly tension based they usually last a couple days, maybe three. It's been happening since at least as far back as my teens and now I'm in my 40s so it's nothing new. That was one of the reasons I planned for writing at least 2k on most days so I'd have days off built in that wouldn't be a big deal or make me more stressed out :)

[ladyseishou]

Sounds like you have a way of working around the headaches... and a way to handle any additional stress caused by writing for NNWM.

I found too that frequent mini rest breaks can help too - if just for a minute or two to focus my eyes on something else other than my computer screen.